Dwight is an English surname that most likely comes from Diot, a medieval pet form of Dionysia or Dionysius, which goes back to the Greek god Dionysus and is often explained as "devoted to Dionysus". President Dwight D. Eisenhower made it a familiar American name in the 1950s, and it got a comic revival through Dwight Schrute on The Office. Dwight stood at number 773 in 2000, left the top 1000 shortly after and ranks number 2774 in 2025.