Name: Duane
Gender: Male
Usage: Duane, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Duane are in general originating from Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Duane is: Dark, Wagon maker.
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Numerology of the first name Duane: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Duane is ranked on the 1,005th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 526400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Duane has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Duane is both a given name for a male, and a family name. It seems to have a convergent etymology from several sources. The name comes from St. Dubhán was a Welsh 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. Anglicized form is Duane. In Gaelic "dubh" means "little dark one".
Many people may claim that one of the name's origins is the Norman "D'Wain" ("of Wagons") or the Old English version meaning "field" or "meadow". However, Duane is an anglicized version of the Gaelic "Dubhan", meaning little and dark as "Dubh" means dark and "an" is a diminutive suffix.
In the United States, "Duane" became a very popular name around the 1920s and remained one of the 200 most popular names for about 50 years. The similar spelling "Dwayne" was adapted as time went on, most likely because of the also popular name "Wayne". "Dwayne" eventually became the more preferred spelling, especially in the southern U.S. "Duane" still remains a more popular spelling in northern-Midwest states such as Minnesota, Michigan, and North Dakota.
Irish and English: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhán, originally a byname representing a diminutive form of Gaelic dubh dark, black. In modern use it may well represent the surname Ó Dubháin ‘descendant of Dubhán’, derived from the personal name. Its popularity since the mid-1950s was no doubt influenced by the fame of the guitarist and singer Duane Eddy.
Variants: Dwane, Dwayne.
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