Given name & surname
Dominico
“a lord”
Dominico is a variant of Dominic. One Latin interpretation is “a lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dominico is a variant of Dominic. One Latin interpretation is “a lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dominico is a variant of Dominic. An origin associated with Dominic is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dominico through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 444
- 444 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,128 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,128 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 464 as a first name in 2020; 139 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dominico’s family of names
Dominico has a related form in Dominic. Dominico has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Dominik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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