Dewayne

Where Dewayne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dewayne.

  • Vowel-ended
Dewayne through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #303
    651 babies named Dewayne, the most in any year.
  3. 1979
    Dewayne Jefferson born
    American basketball player
  4. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #469.
  5. 1989
    Dewayne Dedmon born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dewayne Dedmon · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Dewayne Jefferson · American basketball player, born 1979
  • Dewayne Washington · American football player, born 1972
  • Dewayne T. Williams · United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, 1949–1968
  • Dewayne Perkins · American comedian

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.