Dominic


Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master".
The most prominent Roman Catholic with the name, Saint Dominic, founded the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominican friars. Saint Dominic himself was named after Saint Dominic of Silos.
Variations include Dominicus, Domenic, Domenico, Domanic, Dominiq, Domonic, Domènec, Domingo, Dominykas, Domingos, Dominggus and Damhnaic. Feminine forms include Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas, as well as the unisex Dominique, of French origin.
Notable people named Dominic, Dominik or Dominick include:

People

Saints

  • Saint Dominic of Silos, Spanish monk
  • Saint Dominic de la Calzada, Spanish saint
  • Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order
  • Saint Dominguito del Val, child martyr in Spain
  • Saint Dominic Savio, Italian schoolboy
  • Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic

    Other religious figures

  • Dominic Barberi, Italo-English theologian
  • Dominic Collins, Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
  • Dominik Duka, Czech cardinal
  • Dominic Ekandem, Nigerian cardinal who was the first West African Catholic bishop
  • Dominic Gravina, Italian Dominican theologian
  • Dominic of Evesham, medieval prior of Evesham Abbey in England and writer of histories
  • Dominic of Prussia, Carthusian monk
  • Dominic Schram, German Benedictine theologian and canonist
  • Dominic Tang, last Archbishop of Canton officially recognized by the Holy See
  • Dominicus Gundissalinus, Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher

    Art

  • El Greco, Greek painter born Doménikos Theotokópoulos
  • Dominic Serres, French-born English painter
  • Johann Dominik Bossi, Italian painter
  • Dominic Toubeix, French fashion designer who worked as "Dominic" in 1960s New York
  • Dominic Di Mare, American fiber artist and sculptor

    Business

  • Dominic Barton, Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
  • Dominic D'Alessandro, Canadian business executive, President and CEO of Manulife Financial
  • Dominic Grassi, German merchant
  • Dominik Brunner, German businessman

    Film and television

  • Andrew Dominik, Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Don Ameche, American actor
  • Dom DeLuise, American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
  • Dominic Chianese, American actor, singer, and musician best known as Corrado Soprano from The Sopranos and Johnny Ola from The Godfather Part II
  • Dominic Coleman, British actor
  • Dominic Cooper, British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
  • Dominic Lam, Hong Kong-Canadian actor and radio personality
  • Dominic McLaughlin, Scottish actor
  • Dominic Monaghan, English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
  • Dominic Ochoa, Filipino actor
  • Dominic Purcell, British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
  • Dominic Rains, Iranian-American actor
  • Dominic Roco, Filipino actor
  • Dominic Roque, Filipino actor and model
  • Dominic Sena, American film director
  • Dominic Sherwood, English actor and model best known as Christian Ozera of Vampire Academy and Jace Wayland from the Shadowhunters series
  • Dominic West, English actor who has appeared in Chicago, The Wire and 300
  • Dominic Wood, English entertainer, magician and presenter best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom
  • Dominic Zamprogna, Canadian-born actor known for his role on the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Dominik Diamond, Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster
  • Dominik Moll, French director and screenwriter

    Literature

  • Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer
  • Dominic Thomas, British academic, UCLA professor, author of books on francophone African literature
  • Dominik Smole, Slovenian writer and playwright

    Media

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

    Military

  • Dominic Gentile, World War II USAAF pilot who held World War I records of downed aircraft
  • Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, American Navy officer and astronaut
  • Dominic McCarthy, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Dominic McGlinchey, Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army
  • Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier of the seventeenth century
  • Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman and soldier
  • Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels, Austrian imperial Fieldmarshal

    Music

  • Dominick Argento, American composer
  • Dominic Behan, Irish songwriter
  • Dominic Brown, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • Dominic Cifarelli, Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel
  • Dominic Craik, British guitarist for Nothing But Thieves
  • Dominic Fike, American guitarist, singer and music arranger
  • D. J. Fontana, American drummer
  • Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
  • Dominic Harrison, British singer known as Yungblud
  • Dominic Howard, British drummer for Muse
  • Dominic Masters, lead singer of British band The Others
  • Dominic Miller, Argentinian-born English guitarist
  • Dominic Salole, Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
  • Dominic Smith, British rapper and MC known as Dynamite MC
  • Dominic Sonic, French singer
  • Dominick Costa, American pop music arranger and record producer

    Politics

  • D. Clinton Dominick III, New York politician
  • Dom Mintoff, prime minister of Malta
  • Domenick L. Gabrielli, New York Court of Appeals judge
  • Dominggus Mandacan, Indonesian governor
  • Dominic Cummings, British political advisor
  • Dominic Dim Deng, first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
  • Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
  • Dominic Foreman, Australian politician
  • Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister
  • Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician
  • Dominic Perrottet, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales
  • Dominic Raab, British conservative politician and government minister
  • Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman and politician
  • Dominic Romain, Trinidad and Tobago politician

    Science and medicine

  • Dominic A. Antonelli, American astronaut
  • Dominic Bezzina, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in physics and logic
  • Dominic Borg, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in rhetoric and logic
  • Dominic Corrigan, Irish physician
  • Dominic Lam, American doctor and artist
  • Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
  • Dominic Serventy, Australian ornithologist

    Sports

  • Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player
  • Hans Dominik, German science fiction writer
  • Dominic Adiyiah, Ghanaian footballer
  • Dominik Alberto, Swiss pole vaulter and decathlete
  • Dominic Andres, Swiss curler and Olympic champion
  • Dominic Ball, English footballer
  • Dominic Bird, New Zealand rugby union player
  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin, English footballer
  • Dominic Canzone, American baseball player
  • Dominik Černý, Slovak racewalker
  • Dominic Cork, English cricketer
  • Dominic Corrigan,
  • Dominic DeLuca, American football player
  • Dominik Eberle, German American football player
  • Dominic Jones, American football player
  • Dominic Lovett, American football player
  • Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer
  • Dominic Moore, Canadian professional ice hockey centre
  • Dominic Stricker, Swiss professional tennis player
  • Dominic Solanke, English professional footballer
  • Dominic Tan, Malaysian footballer
  • Dominic Thiem, Austrian professional tennis player
  • Dominic Thomas, English footballer
  • Dominic Thompson , English footballer
  • Dominic Waters, American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
  • Dominick Cruz, American mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight champion
  • Dominik Halmoši, Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Dominik Hašek, Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian male tennis player
  • Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian professional footballer
  • Dominik Landertinger, Austrian biathlete
  • Dominik Mysterio, American professional wrestler
  • Dominik Paris, Italian alpine skier
  • Dominick Puni, American football player
  • Dominick Welch, American basketball player
  • Dominick Zator, Canadian soccer player
  • Dominic Zvada, American football player
  • Dominic Smith, American baseball player

    Other professions

  • Dominic Bohm, German modernist architect
  • Dominic Holland, English comedian and author
  • Dominic Panganiban, Canadian YouTuber and animator
  • Dominic Wong, official in the Hong Kong Government

    Fictional characters

  • Dominic, one of the two rival gang leaders on the Person of Interest TV series, whose nickname was "Mini"
  • Dominic Flandry, central character in the second half of Poul Anderson's Technic History science fiction series
  • Dominic Fortune, comic book character
  • Dominic Greene, primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace
  • Dominic Hargan, from Power Rangers Jungle Fury
  • Dominic Palmeiri, the main child character in Kindergarten Cop, also known as Cullen Crisp Jr.
  • Dominic Reilly, on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Dominic Santini, on the series Airwolf
  • Dominic Sorel, in the 2005–2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
  • Dominic the Dragon, minor character in the role-playing video game Miitopia
  • Dominic Toretto, also known as Dom; character from The Fast and the Furious movies
  • Dominick Carisi, Jr., from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Dominick Cobb, from Inception
  • Dominick the Donkey, the Italian Christmas donkey from a 1960 song by Lou Monte
  • Dominick Hide, lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today series
  • Dominick Marone, from The Bold and the Beautiful
  • Dominick Santoro, Nicky Santoro's brother in the 1995 film Casino, based on Michael Spilotro
  • Dominic Badguy, from Muppets Most Wanted
  • Dominic "Bandit" Brunsmeier, a character that features in the video game ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege''