Talk:Duane

Duane is also a last name, don't you know. It is of Irish roots. Apparently it is an anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Dubháin or Ó Damháin (says Ancestry.com, but perhaps a better resource is needed).

Is there a section of last names, or would this be appropriate here at all?

--Jen Duane 22:47, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

This is an extremely "creative" derivation of the name. Other than being an Irish surname, it appears to have come from the Gaelic for "swarthy" in its first name sense. I added the "not verified" tag, since there are no citations, and I can't find anything that supports this particular factoid. Trxi 03:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)