Dominic
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Dominic is a male name. Translated from Latin it means 'of our lord' or 'belonging to God'. Variations include: Domenic, Dominik, Dominick, Domonik and the usually feminine Dominique.
The name may refer to:
- Saints
- Saint Dominic, also known as Dominic de Guzmán (c. 1170–1221), founder of the Dominican order
- Saint Dominic Loricatus (995-1060), Umbrian Benedectine monk
- Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), abbot of the Spanish monastery of San Sebastián
- Saint Dominic de la Calzada (d. 1109), Basque hermit
- Saint Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
- Vietnamese Martyrs, canonized by John Paul II, 15 of 117 of whom were known as Dominic
- Other religious people
- Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792–1849), English theologian
- Dominic Ekandem (1917-1995), a Cardinal who was the first West African Catholic Bishop
- Dominicus Gundissalinus (c. 1150), Spanish archdeacon and scholastic philosopher
- Dominic of Prussia (1382–1461), Carthusian monk
- Business
- Dominic D’Alessandro (b. 1947), President and CEO of Manulife Financial
- Music
- Dominic Cifarelli (b. 1977), guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra)
- Dominic Frontiere (b. 1931), American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist
- Dominic Howard, drummer for Muse
- Dominic Miller (b. 1960), Argentinian-born English guitarist
- Sports
- Dominik Hašek (b. 1965), a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
- Domenic Mediate (b. 1982), a footballer who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer
- Domenico Schiattarella (b. 1967), Italian racing driver
- Cinema
- Dominic Cooper (b. 1978), British-born actor who has appeared in The History Boys and The Duchess
- Dominic Monaghan (b. 1976), English actor best known as Charlie of Lost and Merry from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- Dominic Purcell (b. 1970), British-born Australian actor who now lives in the United States
- Dominic Sena (b. 1949), American film director
- Dominic West (b. 1969), English actor who has appeared in Chicago and 300
- Fiction
- Dominic Sorel, a character in the 2005-2006 anime and manga series Eureka Seven
- Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, daily fantasy webcomic launched in 2002
- Dominick Hide, time traveller in 1980 BBC play
- Military
- Operation Dominic I and II, a series of 105 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 and 1963 by the United States
- Places
- St Dominick, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
- Dominican Republic, a country in the Caribbean
- Dominica, another country in the Carribbean