Dwayne

For other uses, see Duane (disambiguation).

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

Dwayne

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

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

• Dewayne
• Dewaine
• Dewane
• Duaine
• Duane
• Duwain
• Duwaine
• Duwayne
• Dwain
• Dwaine
• Dwane

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

• 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)