Dominick
The English spelling of Dominik, from the Latin for "of the lord". It stays rare in Poland: only around 130 men carry it, and a handful of boys get it in a good year.
Dominick Pronunciation
What Dominick means
Where Dominick comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dominick grows from the Latin Dominicus, and behind that word stands dominus, meaning lord or master. The short sense follows directly: "of the lord." In the old church calendar the name marked a child born on Sunday, dies Dominica, the Lord's day. A date sat folded inside it.
Saint Dominic, the Castilian priest who founded the Dominican order in the thirteenth century, gave the Latin form real reach across medieval Europe. English later settled on the spelling Dominick, doubling the ending where Latin had kept it soft. Polish took a different road and shaped Dominik, with the feminine Dominika beside it.
The names travel together now. A boy signs Dominik on a form at the urząd while his cousin abroad writes Dominick, and the root under both is the same dominus. Say the meaning again and it holds steady: należący do pana, of the lord. That is where Dominick begins, in a Latin word for one who belongs to the master.
How many people are named Dominick
1 in 168080 men in Poland is named Dominick. 127 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2955 among male names.
Dominick's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1529 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Dominick as a middle name
Dominick is a first name for 127 men in Poland and a middle name for another 26, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1670th, between Davis (26) and Dumitru (26).
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#1668 Clive26
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#1669 Davis26
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#1670 Dominick26
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#1671 Dumitru26
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#1672 Elian26