Dominic

Dominic

Dominic is a male name. Translated from Latin it means 'of Our Lord' or 'belonging to God'. Variations include: Domenic, Dominik, Dominick, Domonik and the usually feminine Dominique.

The name may refer to:

Saints

• Saint Dominic, also known as Dominic de Guzmán (c. 1170–1221), founder of the Dominican order
• Saint Dominic Loricatus (995-1060), Umbrian Benedectine monk
• Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), abbot of the Spanish monastery of San Sebastián
• Saint Dominic de la Calzada (d. 1109), Basque hermit
• Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
• 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
• Dominic Ekandem (1917-1995), a Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic Bishop
• 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

Business

• Dominic D'Alessandro (b. 1947), President and CEO of Manulife Financial
• Dominic Goveas (b. 1973), Manager University of Toronto

Politics

• Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister.
• Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician

Music

• Dominic Cifarelli (b. 1977), guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
• Dominic Frontiere (b. 1931), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
• Dominic Howard, drummer for Muse
• Dominic Miller (b. 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist

Sports

• Dominik Hašek (b. 1965), a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
• Domenic Mediate (b. 1982), a footballer who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer
• Dominic Moore (b. 1980), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenico Schiattarella (b. 1967), Italian racing driver
• Dominic D'Rules (b. 1964), Italian competitive eater

Cinema

• Dominic Cooper (b. 1978), British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
• Dominic Monaghan (b. 1976), English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• Dominic Purcell (b. 1970), British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
• Dominic Sena (b. 1949), American film director
• Dominic West (b. 1969), English actor who has appeared in Chicago and 300

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
• Dominick Hide, time traveller in 1980 BBC play
• Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running british soap opera Hollyoaks
• Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
• Dominic Sorel, a character in the 2005-2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
• Dominic Toretto

Military

• Dominic Larrey, French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine
• Operation Dominic I and II, a series of 105 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 and 1963 by the United States

Places

• St Dominick, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
• Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean
• Dominica, another country in the Caribbean

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

Legends

• Dominic Ricciardelli a student athlete at Decatur High School. Plays soccer and basketball there. Did an epic, yet graceful interpertive dance at the talent show and of course.... took first place. Loves matt turner with all his heart. has a cutie girlfriend who has an ass bigger than all those black girls you see. Loves john and nick to. some compare him to jesus.