DOMINIC  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "belonging to the lord"

Popularity in 2008: #93

Here, it's a name Tony Soprano could love, but in England, it's an upper-crust mainstay.

Nicknames & Variations:
Dominy, Nick, Domino, Dominique, Domenique, Dominik, Domingo, Demenico, Domenico, Demingo, Domonkos, Domenic, Dom, Dominick, Domini, Dominie, Dom, Domenic, Domenique, Domini, Dominick, Dominie, Domino, Dominy, Domo, Nick, Nickie

International Variations:
Txomin (Basque) Domenge (Catalan) Dominique (French) Domenico, Domingo, Menico (Italian) Dominik, Donek, Niki (Polish) Domingos (Portuguese) Dimitru (Romanian) Dima, Dimitre, Dmitri, Dmitrik, Mitya (Russian) Chuma, Chumin, Chuminga, Domenico, Domicio, Domingo, Dominguez, Mingo (Spanish) Dmitro (Ukrainian)

Dominic is being discussed in our message boards:

• BABY NAME GAME - lots of kids, lots of questions!
• In need of name suggestions...
• Many Multiples BNG
• Intitals Baby Name Game!!
• Build a Name Together

Read Nameberry blog posts about Dominic:

• BRITISH BABY NAMES
• NAMEBERRY FAVES II: THE BOYS' NAMES NAMEBERRYITES LOVE MOST
• U NAME IT: Utterly unusual, unique and underused 'U' names
• NAMEBERRY MAKEOVER: Boys' Edition