Given name & surname
Dominicus
Dominicus is a masculine given name. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Dominicus isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dominicus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 85,822 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dominicus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Dominicus has a later derivative in DOMINIKUS. In Latin usage, Dominicus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Dominic. In German usage, Dominicus has a related form in Dominik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dominicus has relatives in 5 languages.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dominicus
- Dominicus MeierGerman Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Osnabrückborn 1959
- Dominicus CustosFlemish artist, printer and copperplate engraver (1560-1612)
- Dominicus ArumaeusDutch lawyer (1579-1637)
- Dominicus BaudiusDutch historian and poet1561–1613
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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