Dominique
One of the few names in Poland split almost evenly between women and men: just over 300 people carry it, close to half of each. Latin at root, from a word meaning "of the lord".
Dominique Pronunciation
What Dominique means
Where Dominique comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dominique grows from the Latin Dominicus, formed on dominus, the word for lord. Its short meaning holds to that root: of the lord. In the early Church the name often marked a child born on a Sunday, dies Dominica, the day of the Lord.
The French claimed the form Dominique for daughters and sons alike. One spelling serves both.
Polish families reach the same Latin root by other doors, through Dominika and Dominik, with Domi as the short form a teacher might read down a class register. A saint anchors the name: Dominic of Caleruega, born around 1170, who founded the order that still bears his name. So the sense of belonging to the Lord was there from the start, plain in the Latin dominus and plain still in the meaning kept beside it, of the lord.
How many people are named Dominique
1 in 122679 men in Poland is named Dominique. 335 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1647 among male names.
Dominique's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Dominique as a middle name
Dominique is a first name for 335 men in Poland and a middle name for another 171, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 525th, between Maurice (172) and Ivo (171).
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#523 Frederick172
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#524 Maurice172
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#525 Dominique171
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#526 Ivo171
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#527 Rafal171