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Dwaine

What does Dwaine mean?

Dwaine Pronunciation of Dwaine as a boys' name means "dark, swarthy". Dwaine is an alternate spelling of Duane (Irish, Gaelic). Dwaine is also a variation of Dwayne (Irish, Gaelic): from the Gaelic "dubh".

ENDS WITH -ne

ASSOCIATED WITH dark

Variations

VARIANTS Dwane, Dwain, Duwayne, Duwaine, Duwain, Duayne, Dewayne, Dewain, Dawayne

OTHER FORM VIA DUANE, DWAYNE Duante

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dwaine Langston (D.L.), ..

How popular is Dwaine?

Dwaine is an unusual given name for men. Dwaine is an equivalently unusual surname too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Dwaine entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its peak position of #755 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not ranked currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dwaine name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dwaine outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Dawayne, Dewain, Dewayne, Duane (#1842 VIA LATEST LIST), Duwayne, Dwain, Dwane and Dwayne (#915) are the prominent variation forms of Dwaine. Other variants, like Duwaine, are seldom used. These relations of Dwaine were at the top of their popularity during the years 1960-1969 (MEDIAN #855) and have become much less widespread since (#1861, DOWN 94%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dwaine, Dawayne, Dewain, Dewayne, Duane in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Duwayne, Dwain, Dwane, Dwayne in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dwaine and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dwaine is pronounced similarly to Dain, Daine, Dan, Dane, Dann, Dayne, Dean, Deane, Dene, Doan, Doane, Donne, Dowan and Dunne. Other recommended sound-alike names are Blaine, Caine, Craine, Daile, Dana, Dani, Danie, Dannie, Danno, Danny, Delaine, Devine, Dino, Dwade, Dwire, Faine, Fraine, Gaine, Gawaine, Gwayne, Kaine, Laine, Owain, Paine, Raine, Shaine, Swain, Swaine, Swayne, Thaine, Twain, Twaine and Zaine. These names tend to be more frequently used than Dwaine.

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