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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Dominic m. 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
Latin
1349 Dominico (dat) chlumecky 44
England
Early Modern English
1530 Domyngo PP-HenV p. 17; 1586 Dominick DEmar-vol2 p. 12
France
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; 1179 Dominici (gen) ibid. 177, Dominico (abl) ibid. 177, Dominicus (nom) ibid. 176; 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; 1438 Dominicque favier 164, Dominique ibid. p. 290; 1588 Dominique raymond1588 p. 564
Italy
Latin
1324 Dominicus (nom) DSF p. 47, 3724; 1326 Dominicus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 428; 1376 Domiges (gen) DouGen1 p. 223, Dominicho (abl) ibid. p. 75, Dominici (gen) ibid. p. 215, Doniges (gen) ibid. p. 216; 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
Portugal
Latin
1121 Dominicus (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 2; 1214 Dominicus (nom) ibid. no. 20; 1256 Dominici (gen) ibid. no. 17, Dominicus (nom) ibid. no. 17; 1269 Dominici (gen) ibid. no. 11, Dominico (dat) ibid. no. 11
Spain
Latin
1276 Dominico (abl) CDGH XLVI, Dominicum (acc) ibid. XLVI, Dominicus (nom) ibid. XLVI, dominici (gen) ibid. XLVI; 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
Old Spanish
1225 Domingo PHGCRP-I no. 15
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. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Dominic.