Domingo
Domingo is a Spanish name based on Latin Dominicus meaning 'trust'. Also means Sunday. Related names include Dominic, Domingos, Domingues, and Domínguez.
Meaning & Origin of Domingo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Domingo is a Spanish name based on Latin Dominicus meaning 'trust'. Also means Sunday. Related names include Dominic, Domingos, Domingues, and Domínguez.
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The Story of Domingo
The earliest SSA record of Domingo as a baby boy name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 1946 was its biggest year on record, with 190 newborns named Domingo — #462 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Domingo ranks #1,863 for baby boys with 87 births, gradually rising (+11%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Domingo
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- Domingo Alaba Obende (born 1954), businessman and public servant
- Domingo Alzugaray (1932–2017), Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist
- Domingo Amaizón (born 1936), Argentine middle-distance runner
- Domingo Amestoy (1822–1892), Basque sheepherder, and banker
- Domingo Andrés (1525–1599), Spanish humanist, writer and poet
- Domingo Antonio Ortiz (1832–1889), Paraguayan naval officer and judge
- Domingo Arenas (1888–1918), Mexican revolutionary
- Domingo Báñez (1528–1604), Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian
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Names that sound like Domingo
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About the name Domingo
Domingo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Domingo's peak popularity came in 1946 when it ranked #460. Use the chart and map above to compare Domingo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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