Dominic

For other uses, see Dominic (disambiguation).

Dominic
Gender	Mostly Male, Some Female
Origin
Word/Name	Latin (Dominicus)
Meaning	Lord
Other names
Related names	Dominicus, Domingo, Dominick, Dominique
A common Roman Catholic name given to a male child born on a Sunday

Dominic is a male name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Roman based cultures. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus" its translation means "Of Our Lord", "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Dominicus, Dominik, Dominick, Domenic (Italian rendition), Domenico, Domanic, Domonic, Domingo and the unisex but usually feminine Dominique ('Dominique' is a Francophone unisex name widely used for men in France and its colonies

Saint Dominic founded a well-known order of monks. The name, meaning Lord, is sometimes used to reference Sunday (the Lord's day). The feminine variation of Dominique (French) is used for as a unisex name.

The name may refer to:

Saints

• Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order of friars, also
• Saint Dominic de la Calzada (1019–1109), Spanish saint
• Saint Dominguito del Val (died 1250) child martyr
• Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
• Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of 117 of whom were known as Dominic

Other religious people

• Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), English theologian
• Blessed Dominic Collins (1792–1849), (1566–1602) Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
• Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic Bishop
• Dominic of Evesham, medieval prior of Evesham Abbey in England and writer of histories
• Dominic Gravina, Italian Dominican theologian
• Dominicus Gundissalinus (c. 1150), Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher
• Dominic Schram, German Benedictine theologian and canonist
• Dominic of Prussia (1382–1461), Carthusian monk
• Dominic Tang, last Archbishop of Canton officially recognized by the Holy See

Art

• Domenico Bossi, Italian painter
• Domenico Tojetti, American painter
• Dominic Serres, French-born English painter

Architecture

• Dominic Bohm, modernist German architect

Literature

• Dominik Smole, Slovenian writer and playwright

Business

• Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), German businessman
• Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), President and CEO of Manulife Financial
• Dominic Grassi, German merchant

Politics

• Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
• Dominique de Villepin, previous French Prime Minister
• Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister
• Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician
• Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł, polish nobleman and politician
• Dominic Mintoff, former prime minister of Malta
• Dominic Dim Deng, first Minister of Defence for South Sudan

Medical

• Dominic Corrigan, Irish physician
• Domenico Cotugno (born 1736), Italian physician
• Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine

Science

• Dominic Serventy, Australian ornithologist

Music

• Dominic Cifarelli (born 1979), guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
• Dominick Costa (1925–1983), American pop music arranger and record producer
• Domenico Crivelli (1793/1796-1856), English opera singer and singing teacher
• Dominic Frontiere (born 1931), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
• Dominic Howard (born 1977), drummer for Muse
• Dominic Masters, lead singer of The Others (band)
• Dominic Miller (born 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
• Domenico Modugno (1928–1994), Grammy Award-winning Italian singer and songwriter
• Domenico Monardo (1939), American record producer and musician, best known for disco version of Star Wars theme
• Domenico Reina (1796–1843), Swiss bel canto tenor
• Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky

Sports

• Domonic Brown, U.S. baseball player
• Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
• Domenico Genovese, English football manager
• Dominik Halmosi (born 1987), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dominik Hašek (born 1965), Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
• Dominik Hrbatý (born 1978), Slovakian male tennis player
• Domenic Keller, Swiss bobsledder
• Dominik Landertinger, Austrian biathlete
• Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish fooballer
• Domenic Mediate (born 1982), footballer
• Dominic Moore (born 1980), professional ice hockey centre
• Dominik Paris (born 1989), alpine skier
• Domenic Pittis (born 1974), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenico Schiattarella (born 1967), Italian racing driver
• Dominique Wilkins, retired NBA player who is mostly known for being one of the best dunkers in NBA history
• Dominick Cruz (born 1985), U.S.mixed martial artist, current UFC bantamweight titleholder

Cinema and television

• Andrew Dominik (born 1967), Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Dominic "Don" Ameche, Academy Award winning American actor
• Dominic Coleman, British actor
• Dominic Cooper (born 1978), British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
• Dominic Monaghan (born 1976), English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Dominik Moll, French director and screenwriter
• Dominic Purcell (born 1970), British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
• Dominic Sena (born 1949), American film director
• Dominic West (born 1969), English actor who has appeared in Chicago and 300
• Dominik Diamond, Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster
• Dominic Zamprogna, Canadian-born actor known for his role on the American soap opera General Hospital.

Fiction

• Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, daily fantasy webcomic launched in 2002
• Dominic Flandry, central character in the II half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction
• Dominic Fortune, comic book character
• Dominic Greene, primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace
• The Flipside of Dominick Hide, time traveller in 1980 BBC play
• Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Dominic Santiago, character in video game series Gears of War
• Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
• Dominic Sorel, character in the 2005-2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
• Dominic Toretto, character from The Fast and the Furious
• Dominic Cobb, character from Inception

Military

• Dominic Gentile, World War II USAAF pilot who was the first to break Eddie Rickenbacher's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft.
• Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels, Austrian imperial Fieldmarshal
• Dominic McCarthy, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł, polish nobleman and soldier
• Operation Dominic I and II, a series of 105 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 and 1963 by the United States

Media

• Dominick Dunne, American writer and investigative journalist
• Dominic Lawson, British journalist; brother of Nigella Lawson, son of Nigel Lawson
• Dominic Littlewood, British TV presenter

Comedy

• Dominic Holland, English comedian and author

See also

• Dominika