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What does Dwayne mean?
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(male)
(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)
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%).
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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