Duwan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Duwan by the numbers

Duwan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Duwan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Duwan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dewanroyal council, court official3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dusanspirit; a form of Dušan7 in the US (2017)
  • Dugandark-haired or swarthy5 in the US (2017)
  • Duran14 in the US (2017)
  • Dawan3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Duwan

Names that are said the same way as Duwan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Duanedark; a form of Dubhán100 in the US (2017)
  • Dewaynedark; dark-haired; variant of duane or dwayne90 in the US (2017)
  • Duwaynedark; variant spelling of Dwayne6 in the US (2017)
  • Dewon5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Duwan

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