Dwaine
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dark or dusky; a form of Dwayne.
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
Dwaine by the numbers
Dwaine was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 113 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Dwayne
Like Dwaine, each of these traces back to Dwayne: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dwaine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dwaynedark, swarthy221 in the US (2017)
- Dwaindark or dusky; a form of Dwane10 in the US (2017)
- Dwanedark; a form of Duane7 in the US (2017)
- Divinedivine, goddess-like150 in the US (2017)
- Duanedark; a form of Dubhán100 in the US (2017)
- Dewaynedark; dark-haired; variant of duane or dwayne90 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Dwaine, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dwaine
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