Deonte

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 72 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
72
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Deonte by the numbers

Deonte was given to 72 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 444 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Deonte

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deonte. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
  • Donteenduring or lasting; a form of Dante132 in the US (2017)
  • Deontae49 in the US (2017)
  • Deante31 in the US (2017)
  • Dionte30 in the US (2017)
  • Deonta28 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Deonte

Names that are said the same way as Deonte, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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