Dominik
Dominik or Dominic is a male given name that is also in use as a family name .
Origin and meaning
Dominik is the abbreviation for Dominikus , Latin Dominicus and means "belonging to the Lord". By the Lord is meant Jesus Christ . Since this Domenica - "Day of the Lord" means the Sunday on which, according to biblical tradition, Jesus rose from the dead , the name can also refer to a child born on this weekday .
distribution
The family name Dominik (also in the form Dominic ) is particularly common in Central Germany.
variants
Usually feminine forms of the name are Domenica , Domenika and Dominika ; male forms are Dominic , Dominick and Dominig . The French form Dominique can be both male and female.
The name became very popular in the Middle Ages and is represented in almost all European countries and languages.
- Dominick
- Dominic, Domenick (English)
- Domenico (Italian)
- Domenic, Dumeng, Dumeni, Men, Menisch, Mic, Mec (Rhaeto-Romanic)
- Dominique (French - can be both male and female)
- Domingo , Dominico (Spanish)
- Dominykas , Domininkas (Lithuanian)
- Domingov (Russian)
- Domka (Slavic short form)
- Nedeljko, Nediljko (Croatian and Serbian, nedelja means Sunday )
- Domonkos (Hungarian)
- Txomin (Basque)
- Domas
- Dominiak
- Domenikos (Greek)
Name days
depending on denomination and calendar of:
- March 9th , Saint Dominic Savio
- April 16
- 12th of May
- 4th of August
- August 8th , Saint Dominic , founder of the Dominican Order
Name bearer
First name
- Dominic Adiyiah (* 1989), Ghanaian soccer player
- Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne (1901–2002), British peer and MP
- Dominik Büchele (* 1991), German singer
- Dom Cerulli (1927–2012), American journalist and music official
- Dominick Cirillo (* 1929), American mafioso
- Dominic Cooke (* 1966), British theater and film director
- Dominic Duval (1945–2016), American jazz bassist and band leader
- Dominik Eulberg (* 1978), German DJ and producer in the field of electronic music
- Dominik Finkelde (* 1970), German Jesuit priest, philosopher and playwright
- Dominic Frontiere (1931-2017), American composer
- Dumeng Giovanoli (* 1941), Swiss ski racer
- Dominik Graf (* 1952), German film and television director
- Dominick Guinn (* 1975), American boxer
- Dominik Hašek (* 1965), Czech ice hockey goalie in the NHL
- Dominic Heilig (1978-2017), German journalist, author and politician (Die Linke)
- Dominic Heinzl (* 1964), Austrian television presenter and journalist
- Dominik Hrbatý (* 1978), Slovak tennis player
- Domenic Janett (* 1949), Swiss composer and music teacher
- Dominik Kalata SJ (1925–2018), Slovak religious and Catholic bishop
- Dominic Keating (born 1962), English actor
- Dominik Keim (* 2001), German handball player
- Dominic Kelm (* 1988), German handball player
- Domenic Landolf (* 1969), Swiss jazz saxophonist
- Johann Dominik Mahlknecht (1793–1876), Austrian sculptor
- Dominick McCaffrey (1863-1926), American boxer
- Dominic Monaghan (* 1976), British actor
- Dominic Oduro (* 1985), Ghanaian soccer player
- Dominik Pańka (* 1991), Polish poker player
- Domenic Parlatore (* 1978), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Dominic Pürcher (* 1988), Austrian soccer player
- Dominic Raacke (* 1958), German actor
- Dominik Raschner (* 1994), Austrian ski racer
- Domenic Redl (* 1995), German voice actor
- Dominik Schad (* 1997), German soccer player
- Dominik Schmid (soccer player, 1989) (* 1989), German soccer player
- Dominik Schmid (handball player) (* 1989), Austrian handball player
- Dominik Schmid (soccer player, 1998) (* 1998), Swiss soccer player
- Dominik Schmidt (* 1987), German soccer player
- Dominik Schwaderlapp (* 1967), Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cologne and Cathedral Chapter, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
- Dominik Stolz (* 1990), German soccer player
- Dominic Thiem (* 1993), Austrian tennis player
- Domenic Weinstein (* 1994), German racing cyclist
- Dominik Weiß (* 1989), German handball player
family name
- Friedrich Dominik (1829–1891), German veterinarian
- Hans Dominik (officer) (1870–1910), officer in the Imperial Protection Force for Cameroon
- Hans Dominik (1872–1945), German engineer, journalist and writer
- Hans Dominik (naval officer) (1906–1980), German sea captain, holder of the Knight's Cross
- Andrew Dominik (* 1967), New Zealand director and screenwriter
- Jacek Dominik (* 1969), Polish EU official
- Tadeusz Dominik († 2014), Polish painter
- Thorsten Dominik (* 1977), German wrestler
- Wulf Dominik († 2014), German club official
Use in customs, art and popular culture
- The Dominik , Danzig fair since 1260 (Polish Jarmark Sw. Dominika )
- The Dominicus Mass (Mass in C major, KV 66) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The number-one hit Dominique by The Singing Nun ( "The Singing Nun") (1963)
- The song Domingo by Yello (1985)
- The song Dominic from The Legendary Pink Dots (2005)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke : First names . Verlag für Standesamtwesen, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1991, p. 168.