Around the world, Dete (Dete 
, Dette 
, ديتي 
) is quite a rare mostly feminine, but seldom masculine given name. The forename Dete is habitual in Albania, where it is a rare female name, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazil. More frequently, Dete is the last name as well as the forename.