What does Dominic mean?

Definitions for Dominic
ˈdɒm ə nɪkdo·minic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic, Domingo de Guzmannoun

    (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)

Wiktionary

  1. Dominicnoun

    A male given name from Latin, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.

  2. Etymology: From Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus ("Lord").

Wikipedia

  1. 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.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DOMINIC

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dominic is ranked #21774 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dominic surname appeared 1,194 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dominic.

    63.2% or 755 total occurrences were White.
    13.9% or 166 total occurrences were Black.
    11.3% or 135 total occurrences were Asian.
    7.2% or 86 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.6% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dominic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dominic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Dominic in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Gutman:

    We indicated to them (Arcadia) that clearly the potential buyer here did not have retail experience, we indicated that the proposal was highly preliminary and lacking in detail, we also indicated that the bidder here (Dominic Chappell) did have a history of bankruptcy.

  2. Rafa Nadal:

    I think I played a great match — the best of the tournament, i played very aggressive, I knew I couldn't give Dominic time to hit the ball and I didn't.

  3. Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove:

    The person who is running the country, following the plan that the prime minister has set out, is Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary.

  4. Tim Bale:

    Boris Johnsons has the power to reign Boris Johnsons in if Boris Johnsons wanted to. But at the moment clearly Boris Johnsons feels that Dominic Cummings is doing what Dominic Cummings wants Dominic Cummings to do -- moving forward with a disruptive but productive program.

  5. Len McCluskey:

    The Prime Minister's response last night was both confusing and disbelieving, listening to Dominic Raab, I'm wondering why we didn't wait until we've seen the 50-page document and the guidelines that are about to come out before there was any indication about going back to work.

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