Domina

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: The head of a nunnery

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

/doʊˈminə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Domina is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 453K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 83K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 95K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
160 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 83K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

domina, dominatrix, domme (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

How Domina is read(measured from records)

Domina is one spelling over 4 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.

  • English39%

    The head of a nunnery.

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

    Latin 'lady'; feminine of Dominus

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  • Ukrainian32%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Domina in Ukrainian.

  • Spanish17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Domina in Spanish.

  • Polish9.0%

    domina, dominatrix, domme (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

    as a wordkaikki.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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Domina 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 Domina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈1,100 est.≈1 in 95K—Domina1
US United States7341 in 453K734Domina160
IT Italy≈500 est.≈1 in 126K—Domina21
PL Poland4591 in 83K335—1
AR Argentina4191 in 109K419——
BO Bolivia≈110 est.≈1 in 106K—Domina1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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)

Domina is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Finland, Poland

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Домина, Доміна

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Mexico, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dómina

  • Croatian name6 spellings in the group

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Домина

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Belgium

    Also written Dómina

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dómina

40 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)

Domina is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Czech, domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

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

  • In Swedish, a domina (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

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

  • In French, third-person singular past historic of dominer

    as a wordkaikki.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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Fritz Domina, b. 1902Umberto Domina, b. 1921David Domina, b. 1950Gianniantonio Domina, b. 1978

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Domina,
InformalHi Domina,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 35 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Domina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010734#31,516
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020711#34,347
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000666#32,529
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—419—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026335—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—335#9,902
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026124—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—124#24,736
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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

Where does the name Domina come from?
domina, dominatrix, domme (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Domina?
A machine transcription gives /doʊˈminə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Domina have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Domina in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled domina.
Where is Domina most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Domina is densest in Poland — about 1 in 83 thousand people — even though Congo - Kinshasa holds more of our records for it.
What does the name Domina mean?
In English, The head of a nunnery.
How common is the name Domina?
In the United States, the national register counted 734 people named Domina in 2010, about 1 in 453 thousand residents.

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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, “Domina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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