Dominique

Where Dominique comes from

From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dominique
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1949
    Dominique Strauss-Kahn born
    French economist
  2. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1953
    Dominique de Villepin born
    French politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France
  4. 1985
    Peak, #83
    3,299 babies named Dominique — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #173.
  6. 2011
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
  • A male given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Dominique de Villepin · French politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France, born 1953
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn · French economist, born 1949
  • Dominique Pire · Belgian Dominican friar, 1910–1969
  • Dominique Sanda · French actress, born 1951
  • Dominique Wilkins · American basketball player, born 1960

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.