Latin · Boy name
Dominic
“belonging to the Lord”
About the name Dominic
Dominic comes from the Latin ‘Dominicus’, meaning ‘belonging to the Lord’, which is built on ‘dominus’, the Latin word for lord. In the Middle Ages the name was sometimes given to boys born on a Sunday, the Lord’s day. Its most famous bearer is Saint Dominic, the Spanish priest who founded the Dominican Order, also called the Order of Preachers, in the thirteenth century. His feast is kept on the eighth of August, and the name is used in Catholic communities across Europe and the Americas.
- Meaning
- belonging to the Lord
- Origin
- Latin
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- DOM-in-ik(3 syl.)
Middle names for Dominic
- Dominic James
- Dominic Alexander
- Dominic Michael
- Dominic Joseph
- Dominic Thomas
Questions about Dominic
- What does Dominic mean?
- Dominic is a Latin name meaning "belonging to the Lord".
- How do you pronounce Dominic?
- Dominic is pronounced DOM-in-ik, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Dominic?
- Variants of Dominic include Dominick, Domenic.
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