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Dominik

Gender
Boy
Say it
DOM-i-nik
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#516 for boys
US rank, 2025
#984 for boys

Dominik is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 516th for boys in the UK (83 babies) and 984th for boys in the US (232 babies).

What does Dominik mean?

Latin: Polish, Czech, Slovak and German form of Dominic

“of the Lord”

The Polish, Czech, Slovak and German form of Dominic.

Is Dominik a girl's or a boy's name?

Dominik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 boys in the UK and 232 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dominik in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#516among boys
Babies in 2025
83about 1 in 3,600 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 83 boys in the UK were named Dominik, making it the 516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 260th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 264 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Dominik than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Dominik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 349 boys in the UK were given Dominik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #180, up from #516 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 487th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 264 in 20122025
Dominik in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202583#516
202495#470
202395#458
2022117#404
2021164#319
2020206#260
2019190#284
2018204#280
2017221#271
2016217#272
2015260#241
2014255#244
2013256#230
2012264#222
2011237#233
2010259#222
2009228#229
2008168#287
2007146#299
200678#459
200547#620
200429#822
200321#975
200217#1,067
200119#949
200018#955
199921#836
199832#620
199718#899
199616#940

How popular is Dominik in the US?

Rank in 2025
#984among boys
Babies in 2025
232about 1 in 7,400 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 232 boys in the US were named Dominik, making it the 984th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 946th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 533 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Dominik in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,520 boys in the US were given Dominik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #110, up from #984 for this spelling alone.

1916Busiest: 533 in 20122025
Dominik in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025232#984
2024214#1,038
2023208#1,047
2022207#1,064
2021241#937
2020232#946
2019250#880
2018287#790
2017312#754
2016340#720
2015403#646
2014434#617
2013458#569
2012533#499
2011481#526
2010422#593
2009488#540
2008444#578
2007419#600
2006388#614
2005359#617
2004326#640
2003345#605
2002377#578
2001242#722
2000193#827
1999199#780
1998167#866
1997165#855
1996127#983
1995118#1,019
199494#1,174
1993105#1,087
199274#1,304
199150#1,646
199044#1,775
198942#1,788
198836#1,844
198724#2,329
198611#3,878
198519#2,596
198414#3,105
198314#3,070
198220#2,425
198111#3,599
198011#3,614
19798#4,401
197812#3,214
197714#2,909
19765#5,584
19757#4,307
19746#4,632
19735#5,099
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Nicknames for Dominik

Names like Dominik

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Dominik

Names related to Dominik

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dominik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dominik, updated 20 October 2026.