Dom
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning lord, master; diminutive of Dominic.
Dom by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Dom. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 1959, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Dominic
Like Dom, each of these traces back to Dominic: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dominicbelonging to the lord; of the lord5,082 in the US (2017)
- Dominickof the lord; variant spelling of Dominic897 in the US (2017)
- Dominiqueof the lord; french form of Dominic342 in the US (2017)
- Dominikof the lord; a form of Dominic79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Domenicof the lord; belonging to sunday; a form of Dominic95 in the US (2017)
- Domonicof the Lord; a form of Dominic48 in the US (2017)
- Domenicaof the lord; feminine form of Dominic28 in the US (2017)
- Domenickof the Lord; form of Dominic22 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dom. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Dom, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.