MEANING & HISTORY
What does Dominique mean?
Dominique is the French form of Latin Dominicus, of the Lord. French uses this form across genders, so spelling alone does not determine an individual’s gender.
The inherited religious adjective supplies its meaning. It is related to Domingo and Domenico through a documented Latin family rather than merely through similar beginnings.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic.
A female given name from French.; A male given name from French.
Wiktionary: Dominique (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Dominique
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Nikki Coseteng
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Nikki Coseteng
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Dominique in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Dominique
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Dominic♂Belonging to the Lord
- Monique♀French form of Monica
- Dominador♂Spanish dominador: lord or master
- Doming♂Shortened Domingo; of the Lord in the older root
- Dominga♀Feminine form of Domingo; of the Lord
- Domingo♂Of the Lord
- Donnie♂Affectionate form of Donald or Donna
- Angelique♀Dutch form of French Angélique: angelic
What rhymes with Dominique?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Dominique further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q509951 — Dominique (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Nikki Coseteng (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q509951 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Dominique (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Dominique (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Domingo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology supporting the stated formation or root.
- Wiktionary: Domingo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology supporting the stated formation or root.