Domenico

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Domenico is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country, where it is the 49th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Late Latin. See }Dominic in main dictionary.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 363(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 4.1K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 5.8K

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 Domenico 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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
287 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 363 (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DomenicoLatin(measured from records)
โดเมนิโกThai(measured from records)

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)

Derivation of Domenico: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Domenico
  1. LateLatin(measured from records)
  2. Middle EnglishLatyn(inferred from the name graph)via Latin
  3. Latinlatīnus(inferred from the name graph)via Latin

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

From Late Latin. See }Dominic in main dictionary.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Domenico 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.

Where Domenico is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy#49≈170,000 est.≈1 in 363729Domenico239
US United States—4,2521 in 78K4.2KDomenico287
SI Slovenia—3,932as Domen1 in 5353.9K—3
FR France—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 32K800Domenico201
CH Switzerland#607≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.1K15Domenico80
BE Belgium#830≈2,000 est.≈1 in 5.8K347Domenico59
VE Venezuela—1,5331 in 19K1.5KDomenico40

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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Domenico is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Italy, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Doménico, Dòmènìcò, Domênico, Domènico, Domenìco

  • Kazakh given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Türkiye, United States, Switzerland

    Languages: Kazakh, Turkish

    Also written Domênico

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Domênico, Doménico

  • Croatian given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States, Albania

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Albanian

    Also written Domeniko, Доменико, Dòmènìcò

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Indonesia, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Domeniço

  • Danish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Denmark, United States, Switzerland

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Doménico, Domenicò

  • Swahili given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

    Also written Doménico

45 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Domenico 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.

  • In Italian, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, Dal latino Dominicus, 'consacrato al Signore'; nome di S. Domenico di Guzmán.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, dal lat. Dominicus, ‘del Signore’

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, do nome cristão Dominicus; o sobrenome se fixa como filho de Ser Domenico

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • In French, Forme italienne de Dominique, du latin dominicus « du Seigneur ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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)

1400160018002000Domenico Ghirlandaio, b. 1448Tommaso Campanella, b. 1568Domenico Zampieri, b. 1581Giovanni Domenico Cassini, b. 1625Domenico Scarlatti, b. 1685Domenico Cimarosa, b. 1749Gaetano Donizetti, b. 1797Giacomo Puccini, b. 1858Domenico Modugno, b. 1928Domenico Criscito, b. 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 71 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Domenico
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.2K#21,105
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.2K#20,124
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020947#27,027

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • 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 Domenico mean, and where does it come from?
From Late Latin. See }Dominic in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
In which country does Domenico have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 172 thousand people named Domenico in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled domenico.
How common is the name Domenico?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,252 people named Domenico in 2020, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.
How common is Domenico compared with other names?
In Italy, Domenico is the 49th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
Is Domenico a male or female name?
Domenico 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 Domenico?
In the etymology graph, Domingo, Dominic and Domingos are forms of the same name in other languages.

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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, “Domenico” — the 49th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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