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 (Latin rendition), Domenic, Domenico (Italian), Domanic, Dominiq, Domonic, Domènec (Catalan), Domingo (Spanish), Dominykas (Lithuanian), Domingos (Portuguese), Dominggus and Damhnaic (Irish). 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:

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 in Spain
 * Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian schoolboy
 * Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of whom were known as Dominic

Other religious figures

 * Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), Italo-English theologian
 * Dominic Collins (1566–1602), Irish Jesuit brother and martyr
 * Dominic Ekandem (1917–1995), Nigerian 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

 * Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541–1614), Greek painter known as El Greco
 * Dominic Serres (1722–1793), French-born English painter
 * Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), Italian painter
 * Dominic Toubeix (1924–2008), French fashion designer who worked as "Dominic" in 1960s New York
 * Dominic Di Mare (born 1932), American fiber artist and sculptor

Business

 * Dominic Barton (born 1962), Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive
 * Dominic D'Alessandro (born 1947), Canadian business executive, 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), American actor
 * Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933–2009), American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author
 * Dominic Chianese (born 1931), American actor, singer, and musician best known as Corrado Soprano from The Sopranos and Johnny Ola from The Godfather Part II
 * 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 Sherwood (born 1990), English actor and model best known as Christian Ozera of Vampire Academy and Jace Wayland from the Shadowhunters series
 * 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

Literature

 * Dominik Tatarka (1913–1989), Slovak writer
 * Dominic Thomas (academic), British academic, 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 (1954–1994), 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

 * Dominick Argento (1927–2019), American 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)
 * D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), American drummer
 * Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
 * Dominic Howard (born 1977), British drummer for Muse
 * Dominic Masters, lead singer of British band The Others
 * Dominic Miller (born 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
 * Dominic Salole (born 1974), Somali-Canadian musician professionally known as Mocky
 * Dominic Smith (born 1973), British rapper and MC known as Dynamite MC
 * Dominic Sonic (1964–2020), French singer
 * 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 Cummings (born 1971), British political advisor
 * 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 Perrottet, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales
 * Dominic Raab (born 1974), British conservative politician and government minister
 * Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1643–1697), Polish nobleman and 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 (1802–1880), Irish physician
 * Dominic Lam (born 1947), American doctor and artist
 * Dominic Landucci, American aquanaut
 * Dominic Serventy (1904–1988), Australian ornithologist

Sports

 * Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), American baseball player
 * Hans Dominik (1872–1945), German science fiction writer
 * Dominic Adiyiah (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
 * Dominik Alberto (born 1992), Swiss pole vaulter and decathlete
 * Dominic Andres (born 1972), Swiss curler and Olympic champion
 * Dominic Ball (born 1995), English footballer
 * Dominic Bird (born 1991), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Dominic Calvert-Lewin (born 1997), English footballer
 * Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer
 * Dominic Corrigan (Gaelic footballer), (born 1962)
 * Dominik Eberle (born 1996), German American football player
 * Dominic Jones (born 1987), American football player
 * Dominic Matteo (born 1974), Scottish footballer
 * Dominic Moore (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey centre
 * Dominic Stricker (born 2002), Swiss professional tennis player
 * Dominic Tan (born 1997), Malaysian footballer
 * Dominic Thiem (born 1993), Austrian professional tennis player
 * Dominic Thomas (born 1995), English footballer
 * Dominic Thompson (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer
 * Dominic Waters (born 1986), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Dominick Cruz (born 1985), American 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 Szoboszlai (born 2000), Hungarian footballer
 * Dominik Landertinger (born 1988), Austrian biathlete
 * Dominik Mysterio (born 1997), American professional wrestler
 * Dominik Paris (born 1989), Italian alpine skier
 * Dominick Puni (born 2000), American football player
 * Dominick Welch (born 1998), American basketball player
 * Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian soccer player

Other professions

 * Dominic Bohm, German modernist architect
 * Dominic Holland (born 1969), English comedian and author
 * Dominic Panganiban (born 1990), Canadian YouTuber and animator
 * Dominic Wong (1942–2012), 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 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