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Dwayne
Say it: DWAYN
Meaning
A spelling of Duane, from the Irish surname Ó Dubhán, from dubh 'dark, black'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 76,491 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1961, about 1 in 610 boys
- 181 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Duane, Dewayne
Famous bearers
- Dwayne Johnson, American actor
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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.