Dominica

• English:/dəˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Spanish:/dominika/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Dominica 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.

• English48%

  Feminine form of Dominic; associated with St Dominica, an early Irish martyr.

  as a name·Irish first names

  island. West Indies

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  feminine form of Dominic/Dominicus

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Spanish37%

  Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

  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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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 Dominica, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

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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.

Dominica is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name71 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Dominika, Доминика, Домініка, 'Dominika

• Romanian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Dominică

48 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.

Dominica 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.

• In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Latinate feminine form of DOMINIC . This name was borne by a saint martyred in Campania under the Emperor Diocletian and by a wealthy Roman widow who was an associate of St Laurence.

  as a word

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.

• Princess Isabella of Parmab. 1741ESnot in their usual nameArchduchess of Austria
• Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugob. 1963ESnot in their usual nameInfanta of Spain and Duchess of Lugo
• Dominica Leonib. 1980CZCzech pornographic actress

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.

54 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 31 countries.

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

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

Feminine form of Dominic; associated with St Dominica, an early Irish martyr. Recorded by Irish first names.

What are other forms of the name Dominica?

In the etymology graph, Dominga, Dominika and Domenica are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Dominica?

It depends on the language: in English /dəˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /dominika/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

How common is the name Dominica?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,189 people named Dominica in 2020, about 1 in 152 thousand residents.

Is Dominica a male or female name?

Dominica is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Spain (INE), Netherlands (Meertens NVB) and France (INSEE, 1954), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Dominica?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Dominica, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dominica. After it come Spain, Netherlands, Poland and Moldova; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Dominica most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dominica is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.