Dominic
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Latin dominicus ‘of the Lord’, probably a name originally given to a child born on Sunday; first attested Robert Domenyk 1405 LLB I
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dominic is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common given name.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.3K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 2.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dominic itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- #582 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 556 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230,000 named Dominique, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Dominik in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, HU Hungary and Dominique in FR France.
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.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Latin dominicus ‘of the Lord’, probably a name originally given to a child born on Sunday; first attested Robert Domenyk 1405 LLB I
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dominic counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #28 | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 293 | 242K | Dominique | 422 |
| US United States | #454 | 145,027 | 1 in 2.3K | 144K | Dominic | 556 |
| PL Poland | #99 | 136,511as Dominik | 1 in 280 | 137K | Dominik | 198 |
| DE Germany | #493 | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 841 | — | Dominic | 229 |
| NG Nigeria | #576 | ≈81,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Dominic | 97 |
| CZ Czechia | #67 | 66,644as Dominik | 1 in 161 | 67K | Dominik | 136 |
| GB United Kingdom | #269 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 3 | Dominic | 342 |
| HU Hungary | #240 | 29,297as Dominik | 1 in 334 | 29K | Dominik | 122 |
| AT Austria | #333 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 377 | 23K | Dominic | 105 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); MVČR — living population register 2017; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dominic is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From the Late Latin name Dominicus, a derivative of dominus ‘lord’. It is used mainly by Roman Catholics, in honour of St Dominic (1170-1221), founder of the Dominican order of monks. Variant: Dominick (an old spelling, still in occasional use).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A male given name from Latin, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, a male given name from Latin, an English-style variant of Dominik
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Namnen Dominic, Dominik, Dominique är alla former utvecklade i olika språk från det latinska namnet Dominicus ’tillhörig Herren’. En känd namnbärare var den helige Dominicus (1170–1221), grundare av dominikanernas munkorden. Med stavningen Dominique är namnet vanligt på kvinnor, se → Dominika. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 5 augusti.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, Latin; belonging to the Lord
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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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dominic Chianeseb. 1931USAmerican actor, animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist
- Dominic Muldowneyb. 1952GBBritish composer
- Dominic Keatingb. 1962GBEnglish actor
- Dominic Westb. 1969GBBritish actor
- Dominic Raabb. 1974GBBritish politician (born 1974)
- Dominic Monaghanb. 1976GBGerman-born British actor
- Dominic Cooperb. 1978GBBritish actor
- Dominic Thiemb. 1993ATAustrian male tennis player
- Miles Heizerb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Dominic Fikeb. 1995USAmerican musician (born 1995)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 109 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 144K | #385 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 3.4K | #365 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 3.3K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1.3K | #419 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.3K | #425 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #385 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 355 | #945 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 180 | #999 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 90 | #1,093 |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dominic mean, and where does it come from?
- from Latin dominicus ‘of the Lord’, probably a name originally given to a child born on Sunday; first attested Robert Domenyk 1405 LLB I Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Dominic a male or female name?
- Dominic is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Dominic?
- In the etymology graph, Domingo, Domingos and Dominick are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Dominic have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 231 thousand people named Dominique in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Dominic?
- In the United States, the national register counted 145,027 people named Dominic in 2020, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Dominic compared with other names?
- In France, Dominic is the 28th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dominicThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dominic” — the 28th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.