Dominik

Where Dominik comes from

Dominik hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,897 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Dominik Livaković born
    Croatian association football player
  3. 2000
    Dominik Szoboszlai born
    Hungarian association football player
  4. 2012
    Peak, #499
    533 babies named Dominik — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #880.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dominik Szoboszlai · Hungarian association football player, born 2000
  • Dominik Livaković · Croatian association football player, born 1995
  • Dominik Hašek · Czech ice hockey player, born 1965
  • Dominik Kotarski · Croatian association football player, born 2000
  • Dominik Landertinger · Austrian biathlete, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.