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♂ Dwaine
What does Dwaine mean?
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(male)
(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)
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%).
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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