Dominic
Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a boys name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Dominicus, Dominik, Dominick, Domenic, Domenico, Domanic, Domonic, Domingo, Dominykas, Domingos, Dominggus; and the feminine forms Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas; as well as the unisex French origin Dominique.
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. The name, meaning Lord, is sometimes used to reference Sunday.
Dominic may refer to:
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
- Saint Dominic Savio, Italian schoolboy
- Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic
Other religious people
- Dominic Barberi, Italo-English theologian
- Dominic Collins Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
- Dominic Ekandem, 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
- Domenico Tojetti, Italian-American painter
- Doménikos Theotokópoulos, Greek painter
- Dominic Serres, French-born English painter
- Johann Dominik Bossi, Italian painter
Business
- Dominic Barton, Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
- Dominic D'Alessandro, 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, Academy Award-winning American actor
- Dom DeLuise, American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
- Dominic Coleman, British actor
- Dominic Cooper, British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
- 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 Sena, American film director
- 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
- Dominique Horwitz, German actor
Literature
- Dominic Thomas, 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 broke 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
- Domenico Crivelli, English opera singer and singing teacher
- Domenico Modugno, Grammy Award-winning Italian singer and songwriter
- Domenico Monardo, American record producer and musician, best known for disco version of Star Wars theme
- Domenico Reina, Swiss bel canto tenor
- Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer
- Dominic Behan, Irish songwriter
- Dominic Brown, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Dominic Cifarelli, Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel
- Dominic Frontiere, American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
- Dominic Howard, drummer for Muse
- Dominic Masters, lead singer of The Others
- Dominic Miller, Argentinian-born English guitarist
- Dominic Salole, Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
- 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 Dim Deng, first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
- Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
- Dominic Grieve, British politician and barrister
- Dominic LeBlanc, Canadian politician
- Dominic Raab, British conservative politician
- Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman and politician
- Dominique de Villepin, French Prime Minister
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politician and former managing director of the International Monetary Fund
Science and medicine
- Domenico Cotugno, Italian physician
- Dominic A. Antonelli, American astronaut
- Dominic Bezzina, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in physics and logic
- Dominic Corrigan, Irish physician
- Dominic Lam, American doctor and artist
- Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
- Dominic Serventy, Australian ornithologist
- Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine
Sports
- Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player
- Domenic Keller, Swiss bobsledder
- Domenic Mediate, footballer
- Domenic Pittis, professional ice hockey centre
- Domenico Genovese, English football manager
- Domenico Schiattarella, Italian racing driver
- Dominggus Fakdawer, Indonesian professional footballer
- Dominic Adiyiah, Ghanaian professional footballer
- Dominic Andres, Swiss curler and Olympic champion
- Dominic Ball, English professional footballer
- Dominic Bird, New Zealand rugby union player
- Dominic Cork, English cricketer
- Dominic Jones, American professional football player
- Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer
- Dominic Moore, professional ice hockey centre
- Dominic Thiem, professional Austrian tennis player
- Dominick Cruz, U.S. 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 Landertinger, Austrian biathlete
- Dominik Paris, alpine skier
- Dominique Dawes, American gymnast who was part of the Magnificent 7 that won America's first Olympic Gold medal
- Dominique Wilkins, retired NBA player widely considered to be of the best dunkers in NBA history
Other
- Dominic Bohm, modernist German architect
- Dominic Holland, English comedian and author
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, character from Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Dominic Reilly, character on the long-running British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Dominic Santini, character on the series Airwolf
- Dominic Sorel, character in the 2005–2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
- Dominic the Dragon, one of the minor characters in the role-playing video game Miitopia
- Dominic Toretto, character from The Fast and the Furious
- Dominick Carisi, Jr., character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Dominick Cobb, character from Inception
- Dominick Hide, lead character in two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today series
- Dominick Marone, character from The Bold and the Beautiful
- Dominick Santoro, Nicky Santoro's brother in the 1995 film Casino, based on Michael Spilotro