Girl · Latin, through French
Dominique
Say it: dom-ih-NEEK
Meaning
The French form of Dominic, from Latin Dominicus 'of the Lord'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Unisex in French, in the US it has been used mostly for girls, especially among African Americans from the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 73,279 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1992, about 1 in 640 girls
- 256 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dominque
| English | Dominic |
|---|---|
| Italian | Domenica |
| Polish | Dominika |
Famous bearers
- Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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