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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

DominicIn Hebrew: דומיניק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Dominic (Hebrew: דומיניק) is a unisex name of international origin. 411 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 19 babies.

People in Israel
411
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1955
19 babies
USA, 2025
5
rank #14,942

Writing and saying Dominic

In Hebrew letters the name is דומיניק, read right to left. Dominic is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Dominic by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Dominic: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Dominic in English-speaking countries

Dominic in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20255#14,9421986 (69)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Dominic has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Dominic

How do you write Dominic in Hebrew?

Dominic is written דומיניק in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Dominic?

411 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דומיניק: 246 women and 165 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Dominic a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 60% of the people named דומיניק are women and 40% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Dominic used outside Israel?

The name Dominic appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 5 girls were given it in 2025 (#14,942), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.