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Duane
Say it: DWAYN
Meaning
From the Irish surname Ó Dubhán 'descendant of Dubhán', a personal name from dubh 'dark, black'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 116,107 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1934, about 1 in 562 boys
- 79 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dwayne, Dewayne
Famous bearers
- Duane Allman, American guitarist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.