# Duane

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,653

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of the Irish name Dubhán (from Primitive Irish ᚇᚑᚃᚐᚌᚅᚔ (dovagni)), from dubh (“black, dark”).

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-due)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dun)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dude)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-duke)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dunn)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dunk)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dune)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dung)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dupe)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dunno)
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-duran)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dunne)
- **Dugan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dugan)
- **dulce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-dulce)
- **durant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-durant)
- **Durand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-durand)
- **Duarte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duane-vs-duarte)
- **dan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dan-vs-duane)
- **DAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dae-vs-duane)
- **dua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dua-vs-duane)

## Common misspellings (6)
`daune`, `dduane`, `duaen`, `duanne`, `dunae`, `udane`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/duane