The only real reason why a lot of people recently have a fondness of the name Dante is because of the association with some of the characters they like.
If all of these charactes named Dante were named, say, 'Torli' then this thread would be about "The Torli" and everyone would ponder about how emo or cool the name sounds. It doesn't have anything to do with the sound or how it comes off the tongue. It's just the association.
It's the same reason people on the internet will use the name "Vegeta", even though anyone who doesn't know the Dragonball character would probably at first think of vegetables. For those who like Dragonball, Vegeta might sound intimidating.
Same thing with Dante and DMC and so on.
If all of these charactes named Dante were named, say, 'Torli' then this thread would be about "The Torli" and everyone would ponder about how emo or cool the name sounds. It doesn't have anything to do with the sound or how it comes off the tongue. It's just the association.
It's the same reason people on the internet will use the name "Vegeta", even though anyone who doesn't know the Dragonball character would probably at first think of vegetables. For those who like Dragonball, Vegeta might sound intimidating.
Same thing with Dante and DMC and so on.