Dwayne

Dwayne

Dwayne Johnson in 2025
Pronunciation	Duh-Wayne or Dwain
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	St. Dubhán
Region of origin	Gaelic

Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name, a variant of Duane. It is Gaelic in origin, deriving from the Irish saint Dubhán.

History

St. Dubhán was an Irish monk who established a monastery in Hook Head, Ireland, during the 5th century. As a surname, it is O'Dubhain, or Dubhan. Dubhain was a popular given name in 16th-century southern Ireland. Its Anglicized form is Dwayne or Duane. In Irish, "dubh" means "black".

Given name

• Dwayne Abernathy (born 1976), American musician and record producer better known as Dem Jointz.
• Dwayne Allen (born 1990), American football player
• Dwayne Alons (1946–2014), American politician
• Dwayne Ambusley (born 1980), Jamaican footballer
• Dwayne Anderson (born 1986), American basketball player
• Dwayne Anderson (American football) (born 1961), American football player
• Dwayne Andreas (1918–2016), American business executive and political donor
• Dwayne Armstrong (born 1971), American football player
• Dwayne Bacon (born 1995), American basketball player
• Dwayne Barker (born 1983), English rugby league footballer
• Dwayne Benjamin (economist) (born 1961), Canadian economist
• Dwayne Benjamin (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
• Dwayne Blakley (born 1979), American football player
• Dwayne Bohac (born 1966), American politician
• Dwayne Bowe (born 1984), American football player
• Dwayne Bravo (born 1983), Trinidadian cricketer
• Dwayne Broyles (born 1982), American basketball player
• Dwayne Burno (1970–2013), American jazz bassist
• Dwayne Cameron (born 1981), New Zealand actor, director, and screenwriter
• Dwayne Carey-Hill, American animation director
• Dwayne Carswell (born 1972), American football player
• Dwayne Carter (born 1982), American rapper better known as Lil Wayne.
• Dwayne Cowan (born 1985), English sprinter
• Dwayne Croft, American operatic baritone
• Dwayne Crompton (1946–2022), American early childhood professional
• Dwayne A. Day, American space historian
• Dwyane Demmin (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago association football defender
• Dwayne De Rosario (born 1978), Canadian soccer player
• Dwayne Fields (fl. 2010–), Jamaican-British explorer and Chief Scout
• Dwayne Haskins (1997–2022), American football quarterback
• Dwayne Henry (born 1962), American baseball player
• Dwayne Hickman (1934–2022), American actor, television director, and network executive
• Dwayne Hill (born 1966), Canadian actor
• Dwayne Hixon, Montserratian politician
• Dwayne Hollis (born 1989), American football player
• Dwayne Johnson (born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler, also known as The Rock.
• Dwayne Jones (disambiguation), various people
• Dwayne King (disambiguation), various people
• Dwayne McDuffie (1962–2011), American writer of comic books and television
• Dwayne Rudd (born 1976), American football player
• Dwayne Russell (born 1965), Australian rules footballer
• Dwayne Smith (born 1983), a cricketer from Barbados
• Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player
• Dwayne Washington (disambiguation), various people
• Dwayne Yunker, American politician from Oregon

Surname

• Johnathan Dwayne (born 1963), Puerto Rican musician, composer, and artist
• Sidney DeWayne (also known as Sid Johnson), songwriter, producer and personal manager

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Dwayne
• All pages with titles beginning with Dewayne
• All pages with titles beginning with DeWayne
• Duane (given name)
• Duane (surname)

References

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