Duane

Where Duane comes from

Anglicized form of the Irish name Dubhán (from Primitive Irish ᚇᚑᚃᚐᚌᚅᚔ (dovagni)), from dubh (“black, dark”); or transferred from the surname, which is from Irish Ó Dubháin (literally “descendant of Dubhán”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Duane
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #102
    1,765 babies named Duane — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1946
    Duane Allman born
    American guitarist
  4. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #247.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Duane Allman · American guitarist, 1946–1971

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.