Dominic
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Latin dominicus 'of the Lord'.
The name of St. Dominicus, founder of the Dominican Order, the Order of the Preachers.
The name was originally given to children born on Sunday, dies dominica, but later the name was often given in honor of the saint.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Dominico (dat) chlumecky 44
- England
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- English
- ● 1530 Domyngo PP-HenV p. 17;
1586 Dominick DEmar-vol2 p. 12
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Dominicus (nom) irminon-vol2 6, Gaugiacum;
1065x1079 Dominicus (nom) StVdM-II 663;
1138x62 Dominicus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 69;
1143 Dominicus (nom) ibid. 10;
1147 Dominico (abl) ibid. 18,
Dominicus (nom) ibid. 15;
1287 Dominicus (nom) GasReg-A p. 74;
1310 Dominicus (nom) ibid. p. 217;
1378 Dominici (gen) hanquetvol1 845,
Dominicus (nom) ibid. 2294
- Old French
- ● 1296 Domien paris1296 p. 18
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Dominique HGParis p. 387;
1421 Domin favier 285;
1438 Dominicque ibid. 164,
Dominique ibid. p. 290;
1588 Dominique raymond1588 p. 564
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1324 Dominicus (nom) DSF p. 47, 3724;
1326 Dominicus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 428;
1522x1532 Dominicus (nom) DSF p. 51, 24;
1527 Dominicus (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
- ◑ 1300 Menego (dat) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 48;
1326 Menegatius (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 428;
1522x1532 Minichellus (nom) DSF p. 51, 23,
Minichilli (gen) ibid. p. 57, 28,
Minichillus (nom) ibid. p. 52, 28,
Minicus (nom) ibid. p. 53, 41
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1488 Domenech (nom) carbonell p. 23,
Dominicus (nom) ibid. p. 21;
1489 Dominici (gen) ibid. p. 32;
1490 Domenech (nom) ibid. p. 42
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Domenech valencia1510 701,
Domenego ibid. 697,
Domingo ibid. 3194
- Spanish
- ● 1318 Domingo deMoxo;
1319 Domingo ibid.;
1323 Domingo ibid.;
1326 Domingo ibid.;
1331 Domingo ibid.;
1336 Domingo ibid.;
1495 Domingo montalvo
Cite as: G. Grim, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Dominic". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Dominic.