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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Dominique

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Of the Lord. From the Latin Dominic. This French spelling is used primarily for girls.

Syllables

4

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Dominique

Pronunciation

d(o)-mini-que, dom(i)-nique

Famous People

Football player Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Basketball player Dominique Wilkins, Football player Dominque Davis

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #170, 1,868 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1466, 121 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #83, 3,299 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3130, 51 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202512151
202412270
202314161
202213582
202117389
202017088
2019171100
2018192122
2017209138
2016213157

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #1454, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #310, 115 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202537
2024–3
2023––
202244
2021–8
202034
201943
201834
2017–10
2016–10

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data Β· Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1958 (rank #9, 11,999 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2545, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1955 (rank #6, 10,329 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4588, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20239–
202216–
2021194
2020243
2019253
201823–
2017244
2016273
201520–
201426–

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prΓ©noms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data Β· Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1989 (rank #332, 8 births); most recent 2004 (rank #677, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and RΓ­an) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data Β· Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #275, 13 births); most recent 2008 (rank #650, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. Β© Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data Β· Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1993 (rank #419, 6 births); most recent 2007 (rank #551, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1995 (rank #189, 19 births); most recent 2005 (rank #587, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names Β· Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data Β· Licence