Given name
Duwayne
“a dark or swarthy man”
In English use, Duwayne has a related form in Duane. One interpretation is “a dark or swarthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Duwayne has a related form in Duane. One interpretation is “a dark or swarthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Duwayne is a form of Duane. Duane comes from Irish, and ultimately from Primitive Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duwayne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,601
- 3,601 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 82 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 82 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,136 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.
Duwayne’s family of names
In English usage, Duwayne has a related form in Duane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Duwayne
- Duwayne KerrJamaican football playerborn 1987
- Duwayne DunhamAmerican film director and editorborn 1952
- Duwayne Ewartassociation football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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