Dominic

Dominik
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin (Dominicus)
Meaning	Of Our Lords
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 is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a boys name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Dominicus (Latin rendition), Dominik, Dominick, Domenic, Domenico (Italian), Domanic, Domonic, Domingo (Spanish), Dominykas (Lithuanian), Domingos (Portuguese), Dominggus; and the feminine forms Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas; as well as the unisex French origin Dominique.[1]

The most prominent Roman Catholic with the name, Saint Dominic, founded the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominican friars. Saint Dominic himself was named after Saint Dominic of Silos. The name, meaning Lord, is sometimes used to reference Sunday (the Lord's day).

Dominic (or variations of it) may refer to:

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
Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic

Other religious people

Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), Italo-English theologian
Dominic Collins (1566–1602) Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), 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

Domenico Tojetti (1807–1892), Italian-American painter
Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541–1614), Greek painter
Dominic Serres (1722–1793), French-born English painter
Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), Italian painter

Business

Dominic Barton (born 1962), Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), 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), Academy Award-winning American actor
Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933–2009), American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
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 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
Dominique Horwitz (born 1957), German actor

Literature

Dominic Thomas, 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 (1950s–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

Domenico Crivelli (1793/1796–1856), English opera singer and singing teacher
Domenico Modugno (1928–1994), Grammy Award-winning Italian singer and songwriter
Domenico Monardo (born 1939), American record producer and musician, best known for disco version of Star Wars theme
Domenico Reina (1797–1843), Swiss bel canto tenor
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), Italian 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)
Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
Dominic Howard (born 1977), drummer for Muse
Dominic Masters, lead singer of The Others (band)
Dominic Miller (born 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
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 Dim Deng (1950–2008), first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
Dominic Grieve (born 1956), British politician and barrister
Dominic LeBlanc (born 1967), Canadian politician
Dominic Raab (born 1974), British conservative politician
Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1643–1697), Polish nobleman and politician
Dominique de Villepin (born 1953), French Prime Minister
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 1949), French politician and former managing director of the International Monetary Fund

Science and medicine

Domenico Cotugno (1736–1822), Italian physician
Dominic A. Antonelli, American astronaut
Dominic Bezzina, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in physics 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
Dominique Jean Larrey (1766–1842), French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine

Sports

Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), American baseball player
Domenic Keller, Swiss bobsledder
Domenic Mediate (born 1982), footballer
Domenic Pittis (born 1974), professional ice hockey centre
Domenico Genovese (born 1961), English football manager
Domenico Schiattarella (born 1967), Italian racing driver
Dominggus Fakdawer (born 1989), Indonesian professional footballer
Dominic Adiyiah (born 1989), Ghanaian professional footballer
Dominic Andres (born 1972), Swiss curler and Olympic champion
Dominic Ball (born 1995), English professional footballer
Dominic Bird (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
Dominic Jones (born 1987), American professional football player
Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish footballer
Dominic Moore (born 1980), professional ice hockey centre
Dominic Thiem (born 1993), professional Austrian tennis player
Dominick Cruz (born 1985), U.S. 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 Landertinger (born 1988), Austrian biathlete
Dominik Paris (born 1989), alpine skier
Dominique Dawes (born 1976), American gymnast who was part of the Magnificent 7 that won America's first Olympic Gold medal
Dominique Wilkins (born 1960), retired NBA player widely considered to be of the best dunkers in NBA history
Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian soccer player

Other

Dominic Bohm, modernist German architect
Dominic Holland (born 1969), English comedian and author

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, character from Power Rangers Jungle Fury
Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
Dominic Sorel, character in the 2005–2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
Dominic the Dragon, one of the minor characters in the role-playing video game Miitopia
Dominic Toretto, character from The Fast and the Furious
Dominick Carisi, Jr., character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dominick Cobb, character from Inception
Dominick Hide, lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today series
Dominick Marone, character from The Bold and the Beautiful
Dominick Santoro, Nicky Santoro's brother in the 1995 film Casino, based on Michael Spilotro

References

Meaning of the Name Dominic

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[1] Meaning of the Name Dominic