Dominique

Locally spelled Dominic in US United States, DE Germany, AT Austria and 1 more and Dominik in PL Poland, CZ Czechia.

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.

• French:/dɔ.mi.nik/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Dominique is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• French64%

  From Latin Dominicus, from dominus “lord”; Christian name of Latin origin.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  From Latin Dominicus, ‘belonging to the Lord’

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  Dominicus of the Lord, from dominus lord, master; cf. Domecq). It was borne by a Sp. saint (1170-1221) who founded the Dominican order of monks and whose fame gave an added boost to the popularity of the name, already well established because of its symbolic value. Habitation name (from i): Pol.: Otugoszewski.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• English26%

  An American breed of chicken with a rose comb and a heavy plumage of irregularly striped black-and-white feathers.

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

• Gabrielle
• Camille
• Angelique
• Claudine
• Alix

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.

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

• English given name31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Dominique', Dominiqué, Dominiquè, Dominíque, Dōminique

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Dóminique, Domínique, Dôminique, Dominiqu-E

• Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Congo - Kinshasa, Philippines

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Dôminique

• Polish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Dominiqué

93 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.

Dominique is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Feminine form of Dominic, from a French form that is used as both a girl's and a boy’s name.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• , 2 From Late Latin. See Dominic and Dominique in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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.

• Fats Dominob. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican pianist and singer (1928-2017)
• Dominique de Villepinb. 1953FRFrench politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France
• Hugo Llorisb. 1986FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1986)

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.

108 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 52 countries.

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

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

From Latin Dominicus, from dominus “lord”; Christian name of Latin origin. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

Is Dominique a male or female name?

Dominique is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: France (INSEE, 2024): listed under both sexes; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Brazil (IBGE): listed under both sexes; Ecuador (INEC, 2024): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.

Which countries have the most people named Dominique?

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

How do you pronounce Dominique?

In French /dɔ.mi.nik/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Dominique?

In Brazil, the national register counted 9,804 people named Dominique in 2022, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.

How common is Dominique compared with other names?

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