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

• Dominic
• Dominick
• Dominique
• Domnick
• Domnik
• Saint Dominic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke : First names . Verlag für Standesamtwesen, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1991, p. 168.