Dwayne Explained
Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name, variant of Duane. It is Gaelic in origin, deriving from the Irish saint Dubhán.
History
St. Dubhán was an Irish monk who established an abbey 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".
Variant forms
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 child 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 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 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), cricketer from Barbados
- Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player
- Dwayne Washington (disambiguation), various people
- Dwayne Yunker, American politician from Oregon
Alternative spelling
- Dewayne Alexander, American football coach
- DeWayne Antonio Craddock (1978–2019), American mass shooter
- DeWayne Barrett (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
- Dewayne Blackwell (1936–2021), American songwriter
- Dewayne Bowden (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer
- DeWayne Bruce (born 1962), American professional wrestler
- DeWayne Buice (born 1957), American baseball pitcher
- Dewayne Bunch (Kentucky politician) (1962–2012), American politician
- Dewayne Bunch (Tennessee politician) (born 1959), American politician
- DeWayne Burns (born 1972), American politician
- Dewayne Cherrington (born 1990), American football player
- Dewayne Dedmon (born 1989), American basketball player
- DeWayne Dotson (born 1971), American football player
- Dewayne Douglas (1931–2000), American football player
- Dewayne Everettsmith, Australian singer
- Dewayne Freeman (born 1955), American politician
- DeWayne Lee Harris (born 1963), American serial killer
- Dewayne Hendrix (born 1995), American football player
- Dewayne Hill (born 1950), American politician
- DeWayne Jackson (born 1990), American basketball player
- Dewayne Jefferson (born 1979), American basketball player
- DeWayne Jessie (born 1951), American actor
- Dewayne Johnson (born 1970s), American groundkeeper who won lawsuits over Monsanto (Roundup cancer case)
- DeWayne Keeter (1944–1975), American motorcycle speedway rider
- DeWayne "Dewey" King (1925–2021), American football player and coach
- DeWayne Lewis (born 1985), American football player
- DeWayne "Tiny" Lund (1929–1975), American stock car racer
- DeWayne McBride (born 2001), American football player
- DeWayne McKinney, American businessman wrongfully convicted of murder
- DeWayne McKnight (born 1954), American funk guitarist
- DeWayne Patmon (born 1979), American football player
- DeWayne Patterson (born 1984), American football player
- Dewayne Pemberton (born 1956), American politician
- Dewayne Perkins, American comedian, actor, and writer
- Dewayne E. Perry, American engineer
- Dewayne Robertson (born 1981), American football player
- DeWayne Russell (born 1994), American basketball player
- DeWayne Scales (born 1958), American basketball player
- Dewayne Staats (born 1952), American sportscaster
- DeWayne Vaughn (born 1959), American baseball pitcher
- DeWayne Walker (born 1960), American football player and coach
- Dewayne Washington (born 1972), American football player
- Dewayne White (born 1979), American football player
- Dewayne T. Williams (1949–1968), United States Marine and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
- DeWayne Wise (born 1978), American baseball player
- DeWayne Woods (born 1975), American gospel singer-songwriter and musician
- Dwaine O. Cowan (1935–2006), American chemist
- Terry DeWayne Fair, American-Israeli basketball player
- Kenneth Dwane Bowersox, American astronaut
Fictional characters
- President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, character portrayed by Terry Crews in the film Idiocracy
- Dwayne Forge, a character in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV
- Dwayne Sr. and Dwayne "Junior" Jr., two characters from The Ridonculous Race
- Dwayne T. Robinson, deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in the film Die Hard
- Dwayne Hoover, a character in the film Little Miss Sunshine
- Dwayne, a vampire from the film The Lost Boys
- Dwayne (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
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
