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Dwayne

What does Dwayne mean?

Dwayne Pronunciation of Dwayne as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Dwayne) is pronounced d'wayn. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Dwayne is "swarthy". From the Gaelic "dubh", meaning "dark".

ENDS WITH -ne

ASSOCIATED WITH irish

Variations

VARIANTS Dawayne, Dewayne, Duane, Duwain, Duwayne, Dwain, Dwaine, Dwane

SEE ALSO Dwade

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dwayne Ezrah (D.E.), ..

How popular is Dwayne?

Dwayne is a very prominent first name for men (#256 out of 1220, Top 21%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dwayne entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top rank of #126 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, and is presently at #915. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Dwayne (#915 IN 2018) are Duane (#1842), Dawayne, Dewayne, Duwayne, Dwain, Dwaine and Dwane. These relations of Dwayne were favored as baby names 6 decades ago (USAGE OF 0.31%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 0.02%, DOWN 94%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dwayne, Dawayne, Dewayne, Duane, Duwayne in U.S.

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

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

Similar Names

Dwayne is pronounced similarly to Dain, Daine, Dan, Dane, Dann, Dayne, Dean, Deane, Dene, Dewain, Deyn, Doan, Doane, Donne, Dowan, Duayne, Dunne and Duwaine. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bayne, Blayne, Chayne, Crayne, Dana, Dani, Danie, Dannie, Danno, Danny, Daye, Dayle, Dayner, Frayne, Gawayne, Gayne, Gwayn, Gwayne, Kayne, Layne, Lewayne, Mayne, Payne, Rayne, Shayne, Swaine, Swayn, Swayne, Thayne, Twaine, Twayn, Wayne and Zayne. These names tend to be less commonly used than Dwayne.

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