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 (Latin rendition), Dominik, Dominick, Domenic, Domenico (Italian), Domanic, Domonic, Domingo (Spanish), Dominykas (Lithuanian), Domingos (Portuguese), Dominggus; and the feminine forms Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas; as well as the unisex French origin Dominique.^[1]

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 (the Lord's day).

Dominic (or variations of it) may refer to:

People

Saints

• Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), Spanish monk
• Saint Dominic de la Calzada (1019–1109), Spanish saint
• Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order
• Saint Dominguito del Val (died 1250), child martyr
• Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
• Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic

Other religious people

• Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), Italo-English theologian
• Dominic Collins (1566–1602) Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
• Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic bishop
• Dominic Gravina (died 1643), Italian Dominican theologian
• Dominic of Evesham, medieval prior of Evesham Abbey in England and writer of histories
• Dominic of Prussia (1382–1461), Carthusian monk
• Dominic Schram (1722–1797), German Benedictine theologian and canonist
• Dominic Tang (1908–1995), last Archbishop of Canton officially recognized by the Holy See
• Dominicus Gundissalinus, Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher

Art

• Domenico Tojetti (1807–1892), Italian-American painter
• Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541–1614), Greek painter
• Dominic Serres (1722–1793), French-born English painter
• Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), Italian painter

Business

• Dominic Barton (born 1962), Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
• Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), President and CEO of Manulife Financial
• Dominic Grassi (1801–1880), German merchant
• Dominik Brunner (1959–2009), German businessman

Film and television

• Andrew Dominik (born 1967), Australian film-maker best known for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Don Ameche (Dominic Felix Amici, 1908–1993), Academy Award-winning American actor
• Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933–2009), American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
• Dominic Coleman (born 1970), 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
• Dominic Ochoa (born 1974), Filipino actor
• 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, The Wire and 300
• Dominic Wood (born 1978), English entertainer, magician and presenter best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom
• Dominic Zamprogna (born 1979), Canadian-born actor known for his role on the American soap opera General Hospital
• Dominik Diamond (born 1969), Scottish broadcaster, writer, radio presenter and former host of GamesMaster
• Dominik Moll (born 1962), French director and screenwriter
• Dominique Horwitz (born 1957), German actor

Literature

• Dominic Thomas, UCLA professor, author of books on francophone African literature
• Dominik Smole (1929–1992), Slovenian writer and playwright

Media

• Dominic Lawson (born 1956), British journalist; brother of Nigella Lawson, son of Nigel Lawson
• Dominic Littlewood (born 1965), British TV presenter
• Dominick Dunne (1925–2009), American writer and investigative journalist

Military

• Dominic Gentile (1920–1951), 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 (1892–1975), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Dominic McGlinchey (1950s–1994), Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army
• Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier of the seventeenth century
• Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł (1786–1813), Polish nobleman and soldier
• Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1673–1751), Austrian imperial Fieldmarshal

Music

• Domenico Crivelli (1793/1796–1856), English opera singer and singing teacher
• Domenico Modugno (1928–1994), Grammy Award-winning Italian singer and songwriter
• Domenico Monardo (born 1939), American record producer and musician, best known for disco version of Star Wars theme
• Domenico Reina (1797–1843), Swiss bel canto tenor
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), Italian composer
• Dominic Behan (1928–1989), Irish songwriter
• Dominic Brown (born 1972), English guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Dominic Cifarelli (born 1979), Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
• Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), 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
• Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
• Dominick Costa (1925–1983), American pop music arranger and record producer

Politics

• D. Clinton Dominick III (1918–2009), New York politician
• Dom Mintoff (1916–2012), prime minister of Malta
• Domenick L. Gabrielli (1912–1994), New York Court of Appeals judge
• Dominggus Mandacan (born 1959), Indonesian governor
• Dominic Dim Deng (1950–2008), first Minister of Defence for South Sudan
• Dominic Fedee, Saint Lucian politician
• Dominic Foreman (1933–2020), Australian politician
• Dominic Grieve (born 1956), British politician and barrister
• Dominic LeBlanc (born 1967), Canadian politician
• Dominic Raab (born 1974), British conservative politician
• Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1643–1697), Polish nobleman and politician
• Dominique de Villepin (born 1953), French Prime Minister
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 1949), French politician and former managing director of the International Monetary Fund

Science and medicine

• Domenico Cotugno (1736–1822), Italian physician
• Dominic A. Antonelli, American astronaut
• Dominic Bezzina, a minor Maltese philosopher who specialised in physics and logic
• Dominic Corrigan (1802–1880), Irish physician
• Dominic Lam (born 1947), American doctor and artist
• Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
• Dominic Serventy (1904–1988), Australian ornithologist
• Dominique Jean Larrey (1766–1842), French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine

Sports

• Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), American baseball player
• Domenic Keller, Swiss bobsledder
• Domenic Mediate (born 1982), footballer
• Domenic Pittis (born 1974), professional ice hockey centre
• Domenico Genovese (born 1961), English football manager
• Domenico Schiattarella (born 1967), Italian racing driver
• Dominggus Fakdawer (born 1989), Indonesian professional footballer
• Dominic Adiyiah (born 1989), Ghanaian professional footballer
• Dominic Andres (born 1972), Swiss curler and Olympic champion
• Dominic Ball (born 1995), English professional footballer
• Dominic Bird (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
• Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
• Dominic Jones (born 1987), American professional football player
• Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish footballer
• Dominic Moore (born 1980), professional ice hockey centre
• Dominic Thiem (born 1993), professional Austrian tennis player
• Dominick Cruz (born 1985), U.S. mixed martial artist, former UFC bantamweight champion
• Dominik Halmoši (born 1987), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dominik Hašek (born 1965), Czech professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dominik Hrbatý (born 1978), Slovakian male tennis player
• Dominik Landertinger (born 1988), Austrian biathlete
• Dominik Paris (born 1989), alpine skier
• Dominique Dawes (born 1976), American gymnast who was part of the Magnificent 7 that won America's first Olympic Gold medal
• Dominique Wilkins (born 1960), retired NBA player widely considered to be of the best dunkers in NBA history
• Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian soccer player

Other

• Dominic Bohm, modernist German architect
• Dominic Holland (born 1969), 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

See also

• Dom (given name)
• Domenic
• Domenico
• Dominic Burke (disambiguation)
• Dominika
• Dominique (name)
• Nicky
• St Dominic (disambiguation)

References