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

History

St.

Dubhán Dubhán was a 5th-century Brittonic priest and pilgrim, for whom Hook Head (originally ''Rinn Dubháin'') is named. Hagiography According to tradition, Dubhán came from Wales to Ireland in 452 AD along with a group of his followers. Numerous ...

was an Irish monk who established an abbey in

Hook Head Hook Head (), historically called Rindowan, is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters (Rivers Nore, Suir and Barrow). It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townla ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

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 Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name. 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'Dubh ...

* Dewaine * Dewane * Duaine * Duane * Duwain * Duwaine * Duwayne *

Dwain Dwain is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: First names: * Dwain Anderson * Dwain Chambers * Dwain Esper * Dwain Lingenfelter * Dwain Sloat * Dwain Weston Middle names: * Anthony Dwain Lee * Dan Dwain Schoonover * David ...

Dwaine Dwaine may refer to: ;First names: *Dwaine Board (born 1956), American football coach *Dwaine Carpenter Dwaine L. Carpenter (born November 4, 1976) is a former gridiron football defensive back. He was signed as a street free agent by the Buffal ...

Dwane Dwane is a given name and an alternative spelling of Duane, Dwayne, Dewayne, Dwain, Dwaine and similar. Notable people by that name include: * Dwane Casey * Dwane Husbands * Dwane Lee * Dwane Morrison * Dwane Wallace * Kenneth Dwane Bowe ...

Given name

* Dwayne Abernathy (born 1976), American musician and record producer better known as

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(born 1990), American football player *

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(1946–2014), American politician *

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(born 1980), Jamaican footballer * Dwayne Anderson (born 1986), American basketball player *

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(born 1961), American football player *

Dwayne Andreas Dwayne Orville Andreas (March 4, 1918 – November 16, 2016), was one of the leading farm industrialists of the 20th century. He was former CEO and chairman of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Under his leadership he turned ADM into the larg ...

(1918–2016), American business executive and political donor *

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(born 1971), American football player *

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(born 1995), American basketball player *

Dwayne Barker Dwayne Barker (born 21 September 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. Barker's usual position was , he could also operate in the centres. Barker has previously played for the Leeds Rhinos, Hull Kingston Rovers, an ...

(born 1983), English rugby league footballer *

Dwayne Benjamin (economist) Dwayne Benjamin (born March 10, 1961, in Orillia, Ontario) is a Canadian economist and member of the University of Toronto faculty, where he previously served as Chair of the Dept of Economics and Vice-Dean, Graduate Education in the Faculty of A ...

(born 1961), Canadian economist *

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(born 1993), American basketball player * Dwayne Blakley (born 1979), American football player *

Dwayne Bohac Dwayne Alan Bohac (born September 4, 1966) is an American businessman and politician who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2021. He represented District 138, which encompasses west and northwest Houston. ...

(born 1966), American politician *

Dwayne Bowe Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (born September 21, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Louisiana State University, and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played ...

(born 1984), American football player *

Dwayne Bravo Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a former captain of the West Indies cricket team. A genuine right arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo is well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowl ...

(born 1983), Trinidadian cricketer *

Dwayne Broyles Dwayne Broyles (born July 10, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who has played in the Euroleague, was an All-Star in four different European leagues and won three consecutive Belgium Championships. Broyles is currently an ...

(born 1982), American basketball player *

Dwayne Burno Dwayne Allen Burno (June 10, 1970 – December 28, 2013) was an American jazz bassist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who became a first-call musician on the New York City jazz scene.Tamarkin, Jeff. "Bassist Dwayne Burno Dies at 43." ''JazzTim ...

(1970–2013), American jazz bassist *

Dwayne Cameron Dwayne Cameron (born 28 October 1981) is a New Zealand actor, writer, director and producer. Cameron is best known internationally for playing the lead roles of Bray on the teen drama series '' The Tribe'' and Tyzonn in ''Power Rangers Operat ...

(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 (TV series), Disenchantment''. Prior to ''Disenchantment (TV series), Disenchantment'', he was a director on ''Futura ...

, American animation director *

Dwayne Carswell Dwayne Carswell (born January 18, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end from 1994-2005 for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL). He was originally signed as an undrafted rookie free age ...

(born 1972), American football player * Dwayne Carter (born 1982), American rapper better known as

Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining ...

* Dwayne Cowan (born 1985), English sprinter *

Dwayne Croft Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 500 performances in 38 roles at the Metropolitan Opera. He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996. He created the role of Nick Carraway in John Harbison's ''The Great Gatsby'' in 1999, ...

, American operatic baritone *

Dwayne Crompton Dwayne Crompton (September 26, 1946 – May 29, 2022) was an early childhood professional and the (first African-American male) president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Elected in 2003, he asked the or ...

(1946–2022), American early child professional *

Dwayne A. Day Dwayne Allen Day is an American space historian and policy analyst and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Day is a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Re ...

, American space historian *

Dwyane Demmin Dwyane Demmin (born May 1, 1975) is a retired Trinidad and Tobago association football defender who played professionally in the USL A-League. He also earned five caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Youth Demmin, the younge ...

(born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago association football defender *

Dwayne De Rosario Dwayne Anthony De Rosario OOnt (born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. De Rosario last played for the Mississauga MetroStars of the Major Arena Soccer League. ...

(born 1978), Canadian soccer player *

Dwayne Haskins Dwayne Haskins Jr. (May 3, 1997 – April 9, 2022) was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football at Ohio State, where he set the Big Ten Conference records fo ...

(1997–2022), American football quarterback * Dwayne Henry (born 1962), American baseball player *

Dwayne Hickman Dwayne Bernard Hickman (May 18, 1934 – January 9, 2022) was an American actor and television executive, producer and director, who worked as an executive at CBS and had also briefly recorded as a vocalist. Hickman portrayed Chuck MacDonald, B ...

(born 1934), American actor, television director, and network executive *

Dwayne Hill Dwayne Hill (born June 5, 1966) is a Canadian voice actor. In 2009, he was nominated for two Gemini awards, one in the solo category for '' Grossology'', the other, which he won, was for best ensemble in '' Atomic Betty''. Overall, he has voiced ...

(born 1966), Canadian actor * 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 former professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he was integral to the develop ...

(born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler, also known as The Rock * Dwayne Jones (disambiguation), various people * Dwayne King (disambiguation), various people *

Dwayne McDuffie Dwayne Glenn McDuffie (February 20, 1962February 21, 2011) was an American writer of comic books and television, known for producing and writing the animated series '' Static Shock'', '' Damage Control'', ''Justice League Unlimited'' and '' Ben ...

(1962–2011), American writer of comic books and television *

Dwayne Rudd Dwayne Rudd (born February 3, 1976) is a retired American football linebacker who played in the National Football League. He was drafted in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft. During his career he played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Clevela ...

(born 1976), American football player *

Dwayne Russell Shane John Russell (born 4 March 1965) known as Dwayne Russell is a former professional Australian rules footballer and currently a commentator of the sport. Born in Adelaide, Russell made his senior football debut as a sixteen-year-old in 19 ...

(born 1965), Australian rules footballer *

Dwayne Smith Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a former Barbadian international cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all three formats of the game. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls m ...

(born 1983), cricketer from Barbados * Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player *

Dwayne Washington (disambiguation) Dwayne Washington may refer to: * Dwayne Washington (American football), NFL running back * Dwayne Washington (basketball), NBA point guard See also * Dewayne Washington Dewayne Neron Washington (born December 27, 1972) is an American former ...

, various people

Alternative spelling

Dewayne Alexander Dewayne Alexander is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at Tennessee Tech. He previously served as head football coach at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee Lebanon is the county seat of Wilson Count ...

, American football coach *

DeWayne Antonio Craddock On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others. He was th ...

(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 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 4x400 m relay at the 2008 IAAF World Indo ...

(born 1981), Jamaican sprinter *

Dewayne Blackwell Dewayne L. Blackwell (September 17, 1936 – May 23, 2021) was an American songwriter active since the 1950s. His songs include " Mr. Blue", a 1959 hit for the Fleetwoods; "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home", a 1982 hit for David Frizzell ...

(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 Championsh ...

(born 1962), American professional wrestler *

DeWayne Buice DeWayne Allison Buice (born August 20, 1957) is a former professional relief pitcher. Buice played two seasons for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California Angels and half a season for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He ...

(born 1957), American baseball pitcher *

Dewayne Bunch (Kentucky politician) DeWayne Bunch (February 22, 1962 – July 11, 2012) was a teacher and a Republican politician in Kentucky. Biography Bunch taught mathematics and science at Whitley County High School in Williamsburg, Kentucky. He also was a member of ...

(1962–2012), American politician *

Dewayne Bunch (Tennessee politician) Dewayne Bunch (born March 15, 1959) is a Republican politician in Tennessee who formerly served in the Tennessee General Assembly and is now a magistrate judge in the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee.DeWayne Burns (born 1972), American politician * Dewayne Cherrington (born 1990), American football player *

Dewayne Dedmon Dewayne Jamal Dedmon (born August 12, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "The Mechanic", he played college basketball for Antelope Valley College and USC. ...

(born 1989), American basketball player *

DeWayne Dotson Jack DeWayne Dotson (born June 10, 1971) is a former American football linebacker and fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins. He was drafted in the fourth round (131st overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Dallas ...

(born 1971), American football player * Dewayne Douglas (1931–2000), American football player *

Dewayne Dwyer Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name. It is Goidelic languages, 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 s ...

(born 1989), United States Virgin Islands soccer player * Dewayne Everettsmith, Australian singer *

Dewayne Freeman Charles Dewayne Freeman (born September 1, 1955) is an American politician. Rising to president pro tempore of the Alabama Senate, he ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 1998 but lost fellow senator Steve Windom. He was appointed by Don Sie ...

(born 1955), American politician *

DeWayne Lee Harris DeWayne Lee Harris (born 1963), also known as The Seattle Jungle Killer or Chilly Willy, but most widely known as The Seattle Shoelace Slasher is an American serial killer who killed three women in Seattle between 1997 and 1998, dumping their bod ...

(born 1963), American serial killer *

Dewayne Hendrix Dewayne Hendrix (born June 13, 1995) is a professional gridiron football defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers football, Pittsburgh Panthers. Ea ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Dewayne Hill Ivan Dewayne Hill is an American politician from Georgia. Hill is a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legisl ...

(born 1950), American politician *

DeWayne Jackson Dewayne Jackson (born November 30, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Sagesse Club in the Lebanese Basketball League. He played for Homenetmen Club in the 2016-17 season and he averaged 21.1 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 ...

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

DeWayne Jessie DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day"; born September 21, 1951) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Otis Day in ''National Lampoon's Animal House''. In the movie, the songs "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and " Shout" were sung by ...

(born 1951), American actor *

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

(born 1970s), American groundkeeper who won lawsuits over Monsanto (''Roundup'' cancer case) *

DeWayne Keeter DeWayne Keeter (October 15, 1944 – May 3, 1975) was an American dirt-track and motorcycle speedway rider. Involved in motorcycle racing since the mid-1960s, Keeter had raced in speedway in the United States for only around six months before si ...

(1944–1975), American motorcycle speedway rider * DeWayne "Dewey" King (born 1925), American football player and coach *

DeWayne Lewis DeWayne Lewis (born October 4, 1985) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. While attending high school, Lewis won the Colorado state championship in both the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints three consecutive yea ...

(born 1985), American football player * DeWayne "Tiny" Lund (1929–1975), American stock car racer *

DeWayne McKinney DeWayne McKinney was an ATM entrepreneur and wrongfully convicted and imprisoned American man. Murder trial McKinney was found guilty of the 1980 Orange County, California, killing of Burger King manager Walter Horace Bell Jr. After four employee ...

, American businessman wrongfully convicted of murder *

DeWayne McKnight DeWayne Stephen "Blackbyrd" McKnight (born April 17, 1954) is an American guitarist. He was a member of The Headhunters, a jazz-funk fusion band from 1975 through 1978 and Parliament-Funkadelic from 1978 through 2008. He served briefly as ...

(born 1954), American funk guitarist * DeWayne Patmon (born 1979), American football player *

DeWayne Patterson DeWayne Patterson (born April 20, 1984) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the Utah Blaze as a free agent in 2011. Patterson was born in Redlands, California. He attended Chaffey College from 2003 through 2005 where he was nam ...

(born 1984), American football player * Dewayne Pemberton (born 1956), American politician *

Dewayne Perkins Dewayne Perkins (born November 5, 1990) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. Born and raised in Chicago, he received improv training at The Second City and also worked for iO Theater. His stand-up comedy was recommended by ''Vari ...

, American comedian, actor, and writer *

Dewayne E. Perry Dewayne E. Perry is an American engineer. He was formerly the Motorola Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and SIGSOFT. He is the co-author, with Alexander L. Wolf, of the most-cited pape ...

, American engineer *

Dewayne Robertson Dewayne Jamar Robertson (born October 16, 1981) is a former defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets fourth overall in the 2003 NFL Draft and has also played for the Denver Broncos. He played college f ...

(born 1981), American football player *

DeWayne Russell DeWayne DeShawn Russell (born February 10, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). College career Russell played his freshman season at Northern Arizona Lumberja ...

(born 1994), American basketball player *

DeWayne Scales DeWayne Jay Scales (born December 28, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" forward from Louisiana State University, Scales played in the NBA from 1980 to 1984 as a member of the New York Knicks and Washington Bull ...

(born 1958), American basketball player *

Dewayne Staats Dewayne Staats (born August 8, 1952) is a sports broadcaster who has been the television play-by-play commentator for the Tampa Bay Rays since their inception in 1998. He is currently teamed with color commentator Brian Anderson. Staats has ...

(born 1952), American sportscaster *

DeWayne Vaughn DeWayne Mathew Vaughn (born July 22, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Texas Rangers. He played college baseball for the Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Sooners are the sport, athletic teams that represent ...

(born 1959), American baseball pitcher *

DeWayne Walker DeWayne Morris Walker (born December 3, 1960) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He is currently the cornerbacks and nickels coach for the Arizona Wildcats football team. He previously served as the defensive backs coach o ...

(born 1960), American football player and coach *

Dewayne Washington Dewayne Neron Washington (born December 27, 1972) is an American former football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Kansas City Chief ...

(born 1972), American football player *

Dewayne White Dewayne White (born October 19, 1979) is a former American defensive end. He entered the league as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers top overall selection in the 2003 NFL Draft. Tied a team record by recording at least half-a-sack in six consecutive games ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Dewayne T. Williams Private First Class Dewayne Thomas Williams (September 18, 1949 – September 18, 1968) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Vietnam War in September 1968. On September 18, 1968, Williams's ...

(1949–1968), United States Marine and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient *

DeWayne Wise Larry DeWayne Wise (born February 24, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He graduated from Chapin High School in 1997 and was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth round (158th overall) of the 1997 Major League Ba ...

(born 1978), American baseball player *

DeWayne Woods DeWayne Lamont Woods (born November 9, 1975) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 2003, with the release of, ''The Poets, The Psalms, and the Psalmists'', that was self-released. His second album, ''Introducing DeWayne ...

(born 1975), American gospel singer-songwriter and musician *

Dwaine O. Cowan Dwaine O. Cowan (25 November 1935 – 5 May 2006) was an American chemist. He was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. He is best known for his pioneering work in the field of organic conductors. His other research interests in ...

(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 ''Idiocracy'' is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge and co-written by Judge and Etan Cohen. Starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, and Terry Crews, the film tells the story of Corporal Joe Bauers ...

'' * Dwayne Sr. and Dwayne "Junior" Jr., two characters from ''

The Ridonculous Race ''Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race'' (also known as ''Total Drama: Ridonculous Race'' or simply ''The Ridonculous Race'') is a Canadian animated reality television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality televisi ...

'' *Dwayne T. Robinson, deputy chief of the

Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...

in the film ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Al ...

Surname

* Johnathan Dwayne (born 1963), Puerto Rican musician, composer, and artist *

Sidney DeWayne Sid 'Uncle Jamz' Johnson is an American songwriter, Record producer, producer and personal manager. Career He co-wrote Midnight Star (band), Midnight Star's early 1980s ballad "Slow Jam", and The Deele's "Two Occasions" (for which he received ...

(also known as Sid Johnson), songwriter, producer and personal manager