Dominic

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning belonging to the lord; of the lord.

Babies a year
5,082
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#106
up from #108
UK popularity
#205
246 babies · down from #161

How Dominic has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#57#88#119201520202025#106

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#68
2016#72
2017#74
2018#75
2019#85
2020#88
2021#99
2022#102
2023#107
2024#108
2025#106

Dominic by the numbers

In 2025, 246 babies in England and Wales were named Dominic. In the US, 5,082 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 the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 6,315 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 430 American boys born that year was called Dominic.

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Dominic as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Dominic

Forms of Dominic in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Dominiqueof the lord; french form of Dominic342 in the US (2017)
  • Domenicaof the lord; feminine form of Dominic28 in the US (2017)
  • Dominykasof the lord; a form of Dominic13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Domlord, master; diminutive of Dominic7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Domasof the house; a form of Dominic3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dominic. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dominickof the lord; variant spelling of Dominic897 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)
  • Dominicoof the lord; a form of dominic10 in the US (2017)
  • Dominiqbelonging to the lord; variant of Dominic5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dominic

Names that are said the same way as Dominic, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Domenickof the Lord; form of Dominic22 in the US (2017)
  • Domonickof the lord; a form of Dominic12 in the US (2017)
  • Domenikbelonging to the lord5 in the US (2017)
  • Dominykbelonging to the lord; variant of Dominic5 in the US (2017)
  • Domanic16 in the US (2017)
  • Domanick10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Dominic, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh13,294 in the US (2017)
  • Michaelwho is like God?12,612 in the US (2017)
  • DanielGod is my judge11,654 in the US (2017)
  • Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
  • SamuelGod has heard10,339 in the US (2017)
  • JohnGod is gracious9,444 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dominic

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