Given name
Duayne
“a dark or swarthy man”
Duayne is a variant of Duane. One interpretation is “a dark or swarthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Duayne is a variant of Duane. One interpretation is “a dark or swarthy man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duayne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 279
- 279 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 17 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 boys is 7 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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