Given name & surname
Duana
“little, dark one”
In Irish use, Duana carries the interpretation “little, dark one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Duana carries the interpretation “little, dark one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
Duana is used as a feminine counterpart of Dwayne.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 564
- 0 boys · 564 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 511 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Duana’s family of names
Duana is a feminine form of Dwayne. Duana has a related form in Duane. Duana has a related form in Dwana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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