Given name & surname
Dwane
“a dark or swarthy man”
In Irish and English use, Dwane has a related form in Duane. One interpretation is “a dark or swarthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish and English use, Dwane has a related form in 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dwane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,170
- 3,170 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 102 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 102 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,127 as a first name in 2020; 105 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dwane’s family of names
Dwane has a related form in Duane. In English usage, Dwane has a related form in Dwayne. Dwane has a related form in Dwayne.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dwane
- Dwane CaseyAmerican professional basketball coachborn 1957
- Dwane JamesTrinidadian association football playerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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