Dominick
A given-name surname from the Christian name Dominic, originally linked to Sunday or “the Lord.”
The #6,576 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 59,962 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Dominick is a surname formed from the personal name Dominic, ultimately from Latin Dominicus, meaning “of the Lord” or “belonging to the Lord.” In older usage, the name was associated with Dominica, the Lord’s Day, so it was often given to a child born on Sunday. As a surname, it is usually understood as patronymic: someone identified as the son or family of a man named Dominic.
History
The name appears in English records as a surname and also in Irish usage as an anglicized form of Gaelic naming tied to Dominic. Its modern distribution reflects both English-language given-name surname formation and Irish adoption of the Christian personal name. The spelling Dominick is a common English variant beside Dominic and Dominique.
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Fun fact
The same Latin root behind Dominick also gave English the word “Sunday” in older religious naming traditions through Dominica, the Lord’s Day.
From the historical record
“genitive of Zetff, Jupiter, and rps<po, to feed, to nourish. DOMINICK. (Lat.) From Dominica, the Lord's day ; Sun- day, from Dominus, the Lord. A name given to a child born on Sunday. 278 ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY DUNSTAN. (Sax.) From dun, a hill, and stan . name of place. EBENEZER. (Heb.) The stone of help.”
— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names