Devante is a modern American name formed from Devon or Devin with the ending of Dante; Devin comes from an Irish surname and is usually explained as "poet" or "bard". It emerged in the late 1980s, partly through the singer DeVante Swing of the group Jodeci. Devante reached number 759 in 2000, slipped out of the top 1000 and ranks number 2401 in 2025.