Dominic

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]

For other uses, see Dominic (disambiguation).
Dominik
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameLatin (Dominicus)
MeaningOf Our Lords
Other names
Related namesDominicus, Domingo, Dominique, Dominykas, Dominika, Dominica
A common Roman Catholic name given to a male child born on a Sunday

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

Other religious people

Art

Business

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

Military

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

Science and medicine

Sports

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
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See also

References
  1. Meaning of the Name Dominic
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