Dwayne
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning dark, swarthy.
How Dwayne has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #797 |
| 2016 | #940 |
| 2017 | #930 |
| 2018 | #917 |
Dwayne by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Dwayne. In the US, 221 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,479 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dwayne. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Dwayne
Names that are said the same way as Dwayne, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dwaindark or dusky; a form of Dwane10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Dwayne, 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 Dwayne
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