Dwight Forename
8,668th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 118,998 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Dwight Forename Definition:
A male name. an English surname, perhaps derived from Diot, a diminutive for Dionisia. A John Dwight of Dedham emigrated to New England in 1635, and was founder of a numerous family, eminent among whom was Timothy Dwight, President of Yale, 1795-1817.
Read More About This ForenameDwight Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 98,462 | 1:3,682 | 595 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,196 | 1:4,604 | 727 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,989 | 1:965 | 251 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,701 | 1:39,248 | 3,134 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Suriname | 100% | 839 | 1:659 | 96 |
| England | 100% | 588 | 1:94,563 | 3,666 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 495 | 1:34,146 | 2,691 |
| Australia | - | 423 | 1:32,288 | 1,852 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 396 | 1:3,438 | 643 |
| Bahamas | - | 362 | 1:1,103 | 279 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| South Africa | 100% | 275 | 1:198,301 | 12,837 |
| Indonesia | - | 224 | 1:1,151,624 | 68,674 |
| Guyana | 100% | 147 | 1:5,192 | 939 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 130 | 1:422 | 45 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 130 | 1:858 | 109 |
| Belize | 100% | 128 | 1:2,768 | 636 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 126 | 1:1,411 | 253 |
| Grenada | 100% | 118 | 1:916 | 173 |
| Israel | 99% | 98 | 1:85,744 | 4,018 |
| Barbados | - | 96 | 1:3,019 | 577 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 93 | 1:324,752 | 10,006 |
| Brazil | 100% | 84 | 1:2,550,430 | 49,725 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Germany | 100% | 75 | 1:1,289,038 | 9,031 |
| New Zealand | - | 73 | 1:62,138 | 3,135 |
| Peru | 98% | 66 | 1:481,689 | 8,713 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 63 | 1:95,529 | 3,405 |
| Belgium | 100% | 57 | 1:201,580 | 4,925 |
| Afghanistan | 60% | 48 | 1:679,657 | 9,902 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:1,277 | 288 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 47 | 1:342,733 | 3,797 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Liberia | 100% | 43 | 1:102,606 | 4,435 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:868 | 188 |
| Mexico | 97% | 37 | 1:3,355,255 | 15,943 |
| Panama | 100% | 36 | 1:108,515 | 5,216 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Chile | 100% | 29 | 1:607,145 | 6,805 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 28 | 1:3,920 | 684 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,250 | 294 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 24 | 1:147,929 | 2,248 |
| Zambia | - | 24 | 1:660,616 | 13,295 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 21 | 1:227,045 | 4,936 |
| Russia | 100% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| Thailand | 100% | 20 | 1:3,503,291 | 76,523 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 18 | 1:856,879 | 31,986 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| India | 100% | 17 | 1:71,463,410 | 1,089,744 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 16 | 1:1,903,121 | 56,176 |
| Singapore | 75% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Sweden | 100% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 7 | 1:25,366,337 | 199,343 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Italy | 100% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Dwight (4,555) may also be a surname.
Dwight Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. an English surname, perhaps derived from Diot, a diminutive for Dionisia. A John Dwight of Dedham emigrated to New England in 1635, and was founder of a numerous family, eminent among whom was Timothy Dwight, President of Yale, 1795-1817. It was probably in his honour that Dwight first came into use as a christian name in America, where it is now common.
Cf. Chauncey.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Origin undetermined name, meaning: A name distinguished in early American letters.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dwight Forename Popularity
Dwight Demographics
Average Male Dwight Height
176.74 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,027 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dweight | 92 | 36 | / |
| Dwaight | 92 | 14 | / |
| Dwieght | 92 | 6 | / |
| Dwights | 92 | 6 | / |
| Dwhight | 92 | 4 | / |
| Dwighte | 92 | 4 | / |
| Dwighth | 92 | 4 | / |
| Hdwight | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ddwight | 92 | 3 | / |
| D'Wight | 92 | 2 | / |
| Dwightd | 92 | 2 | / |
| Dwightt | 92 | 2 | / |
| Dwightp | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dwwight | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dhwight | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tdwight | 92 | 1 | / |
| D'Weight | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dwighths | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dwight's | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dwyght | 83 | 54 | / |
| Twight | 83 | 10 | / |
| Duight | 83 | 8 | / |
| Dwighd | 83 | 4 | / |
| Dwught | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dvight | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dwigjt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dieight | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tweight | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dwayght | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dueght | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dwiggy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Twiggy | 50 | 601 | / |
| Duiggy | 50 | 1 | / |
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