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

History

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, 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 *

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(born 1981), New Zealand actor, director, and screenwriter *

Dwayne Carey-Hill Dwayne Carey-Hill is an American animation director who is currently Supervising Director of the Netflix series, ''Disenchantment''. Prior to ''Disenchantment'', he was a director on ''Futurama'', Comedy Central series '' Drawn Together''Trumpy's ...

, 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 Dwayne Allen Henry (born February 16, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers. In , he pitched in Japan for the ...

(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 Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional w ...

(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 Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( or , born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He is also currently the host of the American a ...

(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 DeWayne Barrett (born December 27, 1981) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters. He won a silver medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, along with Michael Blackwood, Edino Steel ...

(born 1981), Jamaican sprinter * Dewayne Blackwell (1936–2021), American songwriter * Dewayne Bowden (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer *

DeWayne Bruce DeWayne Bruce (born August 2, 1962) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker. Professional wrestling career World Champion ...

(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 Homenetmen beirut Dewayne Pernell Jackson (born November 30, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahli Club (Manama), Al-Ahli Manama of the Bahraini Premier League (basketball), Bahraini Premier League. Jackson attended Mor ...

(born 1990), American basketball player * Dewayne Jefferson (born 1979), American basketball player *

DeWayne Jessie DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day") is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of fictional frontman Otis Day of Otis Day and the Knights in '' National Lampoon's Animal House''. In the movie, the songs " Shama Lama Ding Dong" a ...

(born 1951), American actor *

Dewayne Johnson ''Johnson v. Monsanto Co.'' was the first lawsuit to proceed to trial over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide product causing cancer. The lawsuit alleged that the exposure of glyphosate, an active ingredient in the Roundup product, caused Dewayne "L ...

(born 1970s), an 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, an 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 ''

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'' * Dwayne Sr. and Dwayne "Junior" Jr., two characters from '' The Ridonculous Race'' *Dwayne T. Robinson, deputy chief of the

Los Angeles Police Department The City of Los Angeles Police Department, commonly referred to as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the th ...

, in the film ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), Nothing Lasts Forever'' by Roderick ...

'' *Dwayne Hoover, a character in the film ''

Little Miss Sunshine ''Little Miss Sunshine'' is a 2006 American tragicomedy road movie, road film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (in their directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of G ...

'' *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

Referenceswho

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