SOURCE RECORD
The record for Danton
The National Library of the Philippines catalogues writer Danton Remoto under that personal name. This is strong evidence of the exact spelling in Philippine use.
It does not say whether his name, or the name in general, was chosen after Georges Danton.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
People with the name Danton
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DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Danton Remoto
Filipino writer and politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Danton Remoto
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Danton in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
DANTONCSV record 17,356 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
Linked name entries
Wikidata
Source labels on the name entries
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Danton in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Danton
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Anton♂Form of the Roman family name Antonius
- Dalton·Valley settlement
- Alton·Settlement at a river source
- Dandan♂Repeated familiar form of Daniel or Roldan
- Dante♂Short form of Durante: enduring
- Dianaton·As a Maranao word: noble birth or high status
- Gaston♂French name possibly containing Germanic guest or stranger
- Tonton♂Familiar form in the Tony, Anthony and Antonio family
What rhymes with Danton?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Danton further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q21285949 — Danton (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Danton Remoto (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21285949 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- National Library of the Philippines catalogue — Danton Remoto, Seduction & Solitude (opens in a new tab)
National Library bibliographic record identifies author Danton Remoto; usage evidence only.