Names like Dominic
Dominic is a three-syllable Latin name that ends in -ic. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same roots
Also Latin names, from the tradition Dominic comes from.
Salvador Latin · 'savior', from Latin salvator
Oliver Latin · traditionally "olive tree," from the Old French Olivier, though scholars suspect a Norse or Germanic name beneath the Latin polish; a knight of the oldest French epics and a Dickens hero, lately the top boys' name across much of the English-speaking world
Titus Latin · Roman praenomen; meaning uncertain
Sylas Latin · phonetic respelling of Silas, of the forest
The same feel
Also biblical and classic names.
Jonathan Hebrew · "Yahweh has given," from the Hebrew Yehonatan; in the Bible the prince whose loyalty to David defined friendship. A steady Anglo-American classic for three centuries that folds warmly to Jon and Johnny without being John
Benjamin Hebrew · "son of the right hand," from the Hebrew Binyamin, Jacob's youngest and best-loved son; a name for cherished last-borns through centuries of Jewish, Puritan, and American use. Full of gravity, while Ben could not be friendlier
Samuel Hebrew · traditionally "God has heard," from Shemuel, the prophet whose mother prayed for a son and named him for the answer; a pillar of Jewish, Puritan, and Victorian naming that has never left the American top 100. Sam is the friendliest of short forms
Isaiah Hebrew · God is salvation; one of the most beloved names in Black American families for generations
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Dominic, on a similar curve.
Valentin Latin · from Latin valens, 'strong, healthy'
Cassius Latin · Roman family name, traditionally linked to Latin cassus, 'empty, vain'
Ellery Latin · English surname, traditionally linked to Hilarius, meaning 'cheerful'
Maximo Latin · Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximus, 'greatest'
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