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Duayne
How to Pronounce Duayne
Pronounced DWAYN /ˈdweɪn/Medium
Meaning: Duayne is a spelling variant of Dwayne or Duane, anglicized forms of the Irish Dubhan, a diminutive of dubh, 'black' or 'dark', so 'little dark one'. The extra vowels are a mid-century American restyling of the familiar name.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Duayne is a variant spelling of Dwayne or Duane, both anglicizations of the Irish Dubhan, 'little dark one', from dubh, 'black'. It rode the mid-century popularity of the standard forms without ever matching them, marking itself out by its unusual arrangement of vowels.
It appears thinly in American records around the middle of the last century and reached its slim peak around nineteen-sixty. A boy named Duayne then is in his mid-sixties today.
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What does the name Duayne mean?
Duayne is a respelling of Dwayne or Duane, from the Irish Dubhan, 'little dark one'.
How do you pronounce Duayne?
It is said DWAYN /ˈdweɪn/, one syllable rhyming with 'rain'.
Is Duayne a boy or girl name?
Duayne is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Duayne?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak around nineteen-sixty.