Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Dominikus
“pertaining to the Lord”
Dominikus is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Latin. It is used in German.
Original LatinDominicus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dominikus goes back to Latin dominicus, meaning “pertaining to the Lord.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Dominikus comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German usage, Dominikus developed from DOMINICUS.
Dominikus’s family of names
In German usage, Dominikus has a short form in Dominik. In German usage, Dominikus developed from the Latin form DOMINICUS. In German usage, Dominikus has a related form in Dominik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dominikus
- Dominikus ZimmermannGerman architect (1685-1766)
- Dominikus Böhmarchitect (1880-1955)
- Dominikus Saku21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishopborn 1960
- Dominikus SchwaderlappGerman, catholic priestborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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