Dominic
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin (Dominicus) |
Meaning | lord |
Other names | |
Related names | Dominicus, Domingo, Dominique, Dominykas, Dominika, Dominica |
A common Roman Catholic name given to a male child born on a Sunday |
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master".
The most prominent Roman Catholic with the name, Saint Dominic, founded the
Saint Dominic of Silos
.
Variations include Dominicus (Latin rendition),
Domingos (Portuguese), Dominggus and Damhnaic (Irish). Feminine forms include Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas, as well as the unisex Dominique, of French origin.[1]
Notable people named Dominic, Dominik or Dominick include:
People
Saints
- Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), Spanish monk
- Saint Dominic de la Calzada (1019–1109), Spanish saint
- Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order
- Saint Dominguito del Val (died 1250), child martyr in Spain
- Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
- Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic
Other religious figures
- Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), Italo-English theologian
- Dominic Collins (1566–1602), Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
- Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), Nigerian cardinal who was the first West African Catholic bishop
- Dominic Gravina (died 1643), Italian Dominican theologian
- Dominic of Evesham, medieval prior of Evesham Abbey in England and writer of histories
- Dominic of Prussia (1382–1461), Carthusian monk
- Dominic Schram (1722–1797), German Benedictine theologian and canonist
- Dominic Tang (1908–1995), last Archbishop of Canton officially recognized by the Holy See
- Dominicus Gundissalinus, Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher
Art
- Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541–1614), Greek painter known as El Greco
- Dominic Serres (1722–1793), French-born English painter
- Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), Italian painter
- Dominic Toubeix (1924–2008), French fashion designer who worked as "Dominic" in 1960s New York
- Dominic Di Mare (born 1932), American fiber artist and sculptor
Business
- Dominic Barton (born 1962), Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
- Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), Canadian business executive, President and CEO of Manulife Financial
- Dominic Grassi (1801–1880), German merchant
- Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), German businessman
Film and television
- Andrew Dominik (born 1967), Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Don Ameche (Dominic Felix Amici, 1908–1993), American actor
- Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933–2009), American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
- Dominic Chianese (born 1931), American actor, singer, and musician best known as Corrado Soprano from The Sopranos and Johnny Ola from The Godfather Part II
- Dominic Coleman (born 1970), British actor
- Dominic Cooper (born 1978), British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
- Dominic Monaghan (born 1976), English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- Dominic Ochoa (born 1974), Filipino actor
- Dominic Purcell (born 1970), British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
- Dominic Sena (born 1949), American film director
- Dominic Sherwood (born 1990), English actor and model best known as Christian Ozera of Vampire Academy and Jace Wayland from the Shadowhunters series
- Dominic West (born 1969), English actor who has appeared in Chicago, The Wire and 300
- Dominic Wood (born 1978), English entertainer, magician and presenter best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom
- Dominic Zamprogna (born 1979), Canadian-born actor known for his role on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Dominik Diamond (born 1969), Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster
- Dominik Moll (born 1962), French director and screenwriter
Literature
- Dominik Tatarka (1913–1989), Slovak writer
- Dominic Thomas (academic), British academic, UCLA professor, author of books on francophone African literature
- Dominik Smole (1929–1992), Slovenian writer and playwright
Media
- Dominic Lawson (born 1956), British journalist; brother of Nigella Lawson, son of Nigel Lawson
- Dominic Littlewood (born 1965), British TV presenter
- Dominick Dunne (1925–2009), American writer and investigative journalist
Military
- Dominic Gentile (1920–1951), World War II USAAF pilot who broke World War I records of downed aircraft
- Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, American Navy officer and astronaut
- Dominic McCarthy (1892–1975), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Dominic McGlinchey (1954–1994), Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army
- Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier of the seventeenth century
- Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł (1786–1813), Polish nobleman and soldier
- Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1673–1751), Austrian imperial Fieldmarshal
Music
- Dominick Argento (1927–2019), American composer
- Dominic Behan (1928–1989), Irish songwriter
- Dominic Brown (born 1972), English guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Dominic Cifarelli (born 1979), Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
- D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), American drummer
- Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
- Dominic Howard (born 1977), British drummer for Muse
- Dominic Masters, lead singer of British band The Others
- Dominic Miller (born 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
- Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
- Dominic Smith (born 1973), British rapper and MC known as Dynamite MC
- Dominic Sonic (1964–2020), French singer
- Dominick Costa (1925–1983), American pop music arranger and record producer
Politics
- D. Clinton Dominick III (1918–2009), New York politician
- Dom Mintoff (1916–2012), prime minister of Malta
- Domenick L. Gabrielli (1912–1994), New York Court of Appeals judge
- Dominggus Mandacan (born 1959), Indonesian governor
- Dominic Cummings (born 1971), British political advisor
- Dominic Dim Deng (1950–2008), first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
- Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
- Dominic Foreman (1933–2020), Australian politician
- Dominic Grieve (born 1956), British politician and barrister
- Dominic LeBlanc (born 1967), Canadian politician
- Dominic Perrottet, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales
- Dominic Raab (born 1974), British conservative politician and government minister
- Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1643–1697), Polish nobleman and politician
Science and medicine
- Dominic A. Antonelli, American astronaut
- Dominic Bezzina, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in physics and logic
- Dominic Borg, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in rhetoric and logic
- Dominic Corrigan (1802–1880), Irish physician
- Dominic Lam (born 1947), American doctor and artist
- Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
- Dominic Serventy (1904–1988), Australian ornithologist
Sports
- Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), American baseball player
- Hans Dominik (1872–1945), German science fiction writer
- Dominic Adiyiah (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
- Dominik Alberto (born 1992), Swiss pole vaulter and decathlete
- Dominic Andres (born 1972), Swiss curler and Olympic champion
- Dominic Ball (born 1995), English footballer
- Dominic Bird (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin (born 1997), English footballer
- Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
- Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer), (born 1962)
- Dominik Eberle (born 1996), German American football player
- Dominic Jones (born 1987), American football player
- Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish footballer
- Dominic Moore (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey centre
- Dominic Stricker (born 2002), Swiss professional tennis player
- Dominic Tan (born 1997), Malaysian footballer
- Dominic Thiem (born 1993), Austrian professional tennis player
- Dominic Thomas (born 1995), English footballer
- Dominic Thompson (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer
- Dominic Waters (born 1986), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Dominick Cruz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight champion
- Dominik Halmoši (born 1987), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
- Dominik Hašek (born 1965), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
- Dominik Hrbatý (born 1978), Slovakian male tennis player
- Dominik Szoboszlai (born 2000), Hungarian footballer
- Dominik Landertinger (born 1988), Austrian biathlete
- Dominik Mysterio (born 1997), American professional wrestler
- Dominik Paris (born 1989), Italian alpine skier
- Dominick Puni (born 2000), American football player
- Dominick Welch (born 1998), American basketball player
- Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
Other professions
- Dominic Bohm, German modernist architect
- Dominic Holland (born 1969), English comedian and author
- Dominic Panganiban (born 1990), Canadian YouTuber and animator
- Dominic Wong (1942–2012), official in the Hong Kong Government
Fictional characters
- Dominic, one of the two rival gang leaders on the Person of Interest TV series, whose nickname was "Mini"
- Dominic Flandry, central character in the second half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction series
- Dominic Fortune, comic book character
- Dominic Greene, primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace
- Dominic Hargan, from Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Dominic Reilly, on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Dominic Santini, on the series Airwolf
- Dominic Sorel, in the 2005–2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
- Dominic the Dragon, minor character in the role-playing video game Miitopia
- Dominic Toretto, also known as Dom; character from The Fast and the Furious movies
- Dominick Carisi, Jr., from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Dominick Cobb, from Inception
- Dominick the Donkey, the Italian Christmas donkey from a 1960 song by Lou Monte
- Dominick Hide, lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today series
- Dominick Marone, from The Bold and the Beautiful
- Dominick Santoro, Nicky Santoro's brother in the 1995 film Casino, based on Michael Spilotro
- Dominic Badguy, from Muppets Most Wanted
- Dominic "Bandit" Brunsmeier, a character that features in the video game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
See also
- Hans Dominik (1872–1945), German science fiction writer
- Dom (given name)
- Domenic
- Domenico
- Dominic Burke (disambiguation)
- Dominika
- Dominique (name)
- Nicky
- St Dominic (disambiguation)