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Ladonte
How to Pronounce Ladonte
Pronounced luh-DON-tay /ləˈdɒn.teɪ/Medium
Meaning: Ladonte is a modern African American coinage that fronts the La- prefix onto Donte, an American form of the Italian Dante. Dante is a short form of Durante, from the Latin for 'enduring, steadfast,' so Ladonte inherits that root through its Donte half.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ladonte is a modern African American coinage that adds the La- prefix to Donte, the American form of Dante. Dante comes from Durante, Latin for 'enduring' or 'steadfast,' giving Ladonte a real root beneath its invented shape. Names built with La- flourished among Black families in the 1980s and 1990s, and Ladonte appears in United States records from the early 1980s, peaking modestly in the early 1990s.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its peak, so a Ladonte from that high would be in his thirties today. It reads as an of-its-moment coinage rather than a revival, and families who like it also consider Donte and Dante.
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What does the name Ladonte mean?
It joins the La- prefix with Donte, a form of Dante; Dante comes from Latin for 'enduring, steadfast.'
How do you pronounce Ladonte?
It's said luh-DON-tay /ləˈdɒn.teɪ/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Ladonte a boy or girl name?
Ladonte is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Ladonte?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.