Dwayne

Where Dwayne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dwayne.

  • Vowel-ended
Dwayne through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Peak, #111
    3,486 babies named Dwayne, the most in any year.
  3. 1972
    Dwayne Johnson born
    American actor and professional wrestler
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #162.
  5. 1978
    Dwayne De Rosario born
    Canadian soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Duane.
Namesakes
  • Dwayne Johnson · American actor and professional wrestler, born 1972
  • Dwayne De Rosario · Canadian soccer player, born 1978
  • Dwayne Bacon · American basketball player, born 1995
  • Dwayne Hickman · American actor, 1934–2022
  • Dwayne Miller · Jamaican footballer, born 1987

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.