Argante as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Argante

What is the meaning of the name Argante ?

The baby name Argante is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Italian/Spanish: ar-GAHN-teh (IPA: [arˈɡante]); English approximation: ar-GAN-tay (IPA: /ɑrˈɡɑnteɪ/).

Argante is French, Italian, Spanish in Origin.

Argante is a medieval literary name best known from Laȝamon’s Brut (c. 1200), where Argante, “queen of Avalon,” bears the wounded Arthur to her isle to be healed and is praised as the fairest of the elves. In later romance she is sometimes blended with Morgan le Fay. The name also surfaces in Italian Renaissance epic - most notably Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata - where Argante (also Argantes) is a formidable male Saracen champion, underscoring cross-gender use across traditions.

Its etymology is uncertain, but often linked to the Latin argentum “silver” (via Old French argent) or to a Celtic root arg- “bright, shining,” associations that suit Avalonian luminosity and fairy glamour. Variants and related forms include Argantes (Italian, masculine), Argant (rare medieval spelling), and modern elaborations Argenta or Argentia. As a given name it remains exceedingly rare, occasionally revived for its Arthurian aura, mythic elegance, and possible “silvery” meaning.