as a Last Name
- 26,917
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dwyer
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhuidhir, a variant of Ó Duibhidhir (see Diver) ‘descendant of Duibhuidhir’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
| 1,120th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,917
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Dwyer per capita
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