Domenico

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Domen in SI Slovenia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Domenico is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name98K records spelled Domenico13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Germany, Australia

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Doménico, Domènico, Dòmènìcò, Domênico, Domenìco

• Kazakh given name6.5K records spelled Domenico5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Kazakh, Turkish

  Also written Domênico

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Domenico3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Doménico, Domênico

• Croatian given name1.9K records spelled Domenico19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Albania, Italy, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Albanian, Bulgarian

  Also written Domeniko, Доменико, Dòmènìcò

• Malay given name1.5K records spelled Domenico3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Domeniço

• Danish given name822 records spelled Domenico7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Italy, Norway, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Doménico, Domenicò

• Swahili given name722 records spelled Domenico4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

  Languages: Swahili, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Doménico

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Domenico is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Dal latino Dominicus, 'consacrato al Signore'; nome di S. Domenico di Guzmán.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, dal lat. Dominicus, ‘del Signore’

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, do nome cristão Dominicus; o sobrenome se fixa como filho de Ser Domenico

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme italienne de Dominique, du latin dominicus « du Seigneur ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 109 years between 1906–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Domenico Ghirlandaiob. 1448FRItalian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494)
• Tommaso Campanellab. 1568ITnot in their usual nameItalian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)
• Domenico Zampierib. 1581ITItalian painter (1581–1641)
• Giovanni Domenico Cassinib. 1625ITItalian/French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer (*1625 – †1712)
• Domenico Scarlattib. 1685ITItalian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti
• Domenico Cimarosab. 1749ITItalian opera composer of the Neapolitan school (1749–1801)
• Gaetano Donizettib. 1797ITnot in their usual nameItalian opera composer (1797–1848)
• Giacomo Puccinib. 1858ITnot in their usual nameItalian opera composer (1858–1924)
• Domenico Modugnob. 1928ITItalian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)
• Domenico Criscitob. 1986ITItalian association football player (born 1986)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 635 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Domenico?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Domenico (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Domenico have the most bearers?

Domenico is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled domenico.

How common is Domenico compared with other names?

In Italy, Domenico is the 84th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Domenico a male or female name?

Domenico is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Domenico mean?

Recorded meaning: From Late Latin. See }Dominic in main dictionary.