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Canto

BoyItalianuncommon

Meaning

Italian for "song" or "stanza." A canto is a literary term for a long passage in a poem — Dante's Divine Comedy is divided into such cantos. As a name, Canto carries literary credentials with pithy punch.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, C, L and U are initials of the number 3: it's read as socially magnetic with a communicative streak, drawn to the artistic. This is a numerology reading, not an exact science — character is shaped by life, not by a name.

Initial
C
Syllables
2

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