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

History
St. Dubhán was a 
lsh 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 Gaelic "dubh" means "little dark one".

Variant forms
 Duane 
 Dwain
 Dwaine
 Dwane

Given name
 Dwayne Ambusley, Jamaican footballer
 Dwayne Anderson (born 1986), American basketball player 
 Dwayne Bowe (born 1984), American football wide receiver
 Dwayne Bravo (born 1983), cricketer from Trinidad
 Dwayne Carter (born 1982), American rapper better known as Lil Wayne
 Dwayne De Rosario (born 1978), Canadian soccer player
 Dwayne Haskins (born 1997), American football quarterback
 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 Russell (born 1965), Australian rules footballer
 Dwayne Smith (born 1983), cricketer from Barbados
 Dwayne Washington (disambiguation), various people

Alternative spelling 
 Dewayne Johnson (born 1970s), American groundkeeper who won lawsuits over Monsanto (Roundup cancer case)
 Dwyane Demmin (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago association football defender
 Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American 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 Sr. and Dwayne "Junior" Jr., two characters from The Ridonculous Race

Surname

 Johnathan Dwayne (born 1963), Puerto Rican musician, composer, and artist
 Sidney DeWayne (also known as Sid Johnson), songwriter, producer and personal manager