Dominick

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Dominick

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Dominick is an English alternate form of the name Dominic. Dominic is the English and French form of the Latin name Dominicus, meaning “of the Lord.”

History:
The spelling of Dominick was the most common spelling of this name of the 19th century. However, early in the 20th century, Dominick lost ground to the Frenchier Dominic and has never regained its place.

Please see Dominic for more information.

Pronunciation: dawm-inn-ick.

Diminutives: Dom.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Dominick Argento (1927-)
American composer.

Miscellaneous:
Dominick Lynch (1754-1825)
Founder of Rome (Lynchville), New York.
Dominick Dunne (1925-)
American journalist.

Singers and Entertainers:
Tony (Anthony Dominick) Bennett (Benedetto) (1926-)
American singer.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.019 % named Dominick

Popularity of Dominick:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 379th most popular.
1875: 863rd most popular.
1900-1910: 277th most popular.
1910-1920: 235th most popular.
1920-1930: 274th most popular.
1930-1940: 343rd most popular.
1940-1950: 431st most popular.
1950-1960: 445th most popular.
1960-1970: 470th most popular.
1970-1980: 508th most popular.
1980-1990: 402nd most popular.
1990: 411th most popular.
1991: 386th most popular.
1992: 327th most popular.
1993: 309th most popular.
1994: 306th most popular.
1995: 305th most popular.
1996: 291st most popular.
1997: 259th most popular.
1998: 263rd most popular.
1999: 267th most popular.
2000: 273rd most popular.
2001: 281st most popular.
2002: 225th most popular.
2003: 205th most popular.