Name: Dwight
Gender: Male
Usage: Dwight, of biblical origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Dwight are in general originating from Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Dwight is: Mountain of Zeus, White.
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Numerology of the first name Dwight: 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 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Dwight is ranked on the 1,355th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 346400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Dwight has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Dwight for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Dwight is a male given name, and may refer to:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890–1969), five-star general and 34th President of the United States
- Dwight B. LaDu, (1876-1954), New York engineer and surveyor
- Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher
- Dwight Schultz, American stage, television and film actor
- Dwight Twilley, American singer
- Dwight Yoakam, American country musician
- Dwight York, imprisoned leader of the Nuwaubian movement
- Dwight Yorke, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
In sports, Dwight may refer to
- Dwight Anderson, professional basketball player
- Dwight Anderson, Jamaican-born professional Canadian football player
- Dwight Barnett, Jamaican footballer
- Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player
- Dwight Ferguson, Bahamian sprint athlete
- Dwight Freeney, American football player
- Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
- Dwight Howard, NBA professional basketball player
- Dwight McDonald, American football player
- Dwight Qawi, American boxer
As a fictional character, Dwight may refer to:
- Dwight McCarthy, fictional character in Sin City
- Dwight "Dewey" Riley, a lead character in the Scream (film series)
- Dwight Schrute, fictional character on the American version of The Office
English: transferred use of the surname, which probably comes from the medieval English female name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia (see Dennis). It is especially common in America, where its increase in popularity since the Second World War is mainly a result of the fame of the American general and president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969). He was apparently named in honour of the New England thinker Timothy Dwight (1752–1817) and his brother Theodore Dwight (1764–1846).
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