Dominik

Locally spelled Dominic in US United States, DE Germany, AT Austria and 1 more and Dominique in FR France, BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• German:/ˈdɔmiˌnɪk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Polish:/dɔˈmi.ɲik/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Dominik, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Marek
• Filip
• Emil
• Lukas
• Aleksander

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Dominik is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Domiňik, Dõmìnìk, Dóminik, Domíník, Dómînîk

• Spanish given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Switzerland

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Domiñik, Dóminik, Dömînïk, Domínik, Dómíník

• Danish given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United States, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Domïnïk

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Domin̄ik, D̲ominik

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Dominik is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Haitian Creole, Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Dom Mintoffb. 1916MTnot in their usual nameMaltese politician (1916-2012)
• Dominik Livakovićb. 1995HRCroatian association football player (born 1995)
• Dominik Szoboszlaib. 2000HUHungarian association football player (born 2000)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

96 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 43 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Dominik mean, and where does it come from?

From Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus (“Lord”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.

Which countries have the most people named Dominik?

Mondonomo estimates about 274 thousand people named Dominique in France, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, Poland, Germany and Nigeria; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Dominik most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dominik is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 161 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

Is Dominik a male or female name?

Dominik is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026): listed as male; Hungary (Nyilvántartó, 2025): listed as male; Austria (Statistik Austria, 2024): listed as male; Brazil (IBGE): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.

What are other forms of the name Dominik?

In the etymology graph, Domingo, Dominic and Domingos are forms of the same name in other languages; Dinko is a recorded short or pet form.

How do you pronounce Dominik?

It depends on the language: in German /ˈdɔmiˌnɪk/ (Wiktionary); in Polish /dɔˈmi.ɲik/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Dominik?

In Poland, the national register counted 136,511 people named Dominik in 2026, about 1 in 280 residents.

How common is Dominik compared with other names?

In France, Dominik is the 28th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.