Dwain

Where Dwain comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dwain.

Dwain through the years
  1. 1892
    Dwain Esper born
    American film director
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #1,945 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1959
    Peak, #488
    258 babies named Dwain, the most in any year.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #668.
  5. 1978
    Dwain Chambers born
    English sprint athlete
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dwain Chambers · English sprint athlete, born 1978
  • Dwain Esper · American film director, 1892–1982
  • Dwain Weston · Australian skydiver, 1973–2003
  • Dwain Murphy · Canadian actor, born 2000
  • Dwain Lingenfelter · Canadian politician, born 1949

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.