Black Ghetto Baby Names | Dominique

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Dominique

Greetings from DeShawn at Black Ghetto Baby Names. Today  we will be talking about Dominique, an African American name for women with roots across the ocean in France, the land of love.

Dominique

The female first name “Dominique” has been used widely in the United States and has recently come into focus with numerous famous individuals possessing the name. Not only people claim the name as their own, there is the Wayward Island in the West Indies named Dominique.

But bringing ourselves back to the world of humans, we see that the name’s use began in France, and became popular in the US around 1970. The literal translation of the word Dominique is “Lord.” Dominique is the feminine version of the name Dominic. In 1963, “Dominique” became a song, which hit number 1 on the US pop charts, and became the only Belgian song to hit number in the United States in history. Dominique’s true claim to fame lies not in the hands of A-list celebs, but surprisingly with the spots minded crowd. The most famous individual possessing this name is Dominique Dawes, the gold medal winning black Olympic gymnast who captured our hearts at the 1996 summer games in Atlanta, Georgia. Another prominent Dominique from white America is Dominique Moceanu, also winning a gold in gymnastics at the 1996 summer Olympics. On the international scene, we find Dominique Hourani a Lebanese singer and model who started her own clothing brand in 2004 called “La domine.” 

When I began my research, I thought the name Dominique would be relatively constrained to my culture, however I was surprised to find that its roots are far from America, and that even some males internationally wear the name as their own. However, for me, when I close my eyes and think of the name Dominique, I think of a ravishingly beautiful woman in a flowing gown, and the name brings about a certain sense of enigmatic feminine presence. The etymology of the name informs us that it is a name, which was designated originally to name girls born on Sunday, or “the lord’s day.”, so may you go in peace tonight with the lord and enjoy the weekend as it brushes by.

 

DeShawn

(if you liked this article, don’t forget to look at our list of other popular african american names)

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    I’m really disappointed that the name dominique is under an article title “ghetto Black names” when it isn’t a ghetto made up name.When I choose to name my child this I never thought in a million years that it would be considered that.When I think of ghetto names I think of names like Concretica,bonshekia,velvettika,sheneka,lavantae,demondria,lavenka…basically made up names that some black parents consider unique. But actually harms your child when the get older and apply for jobs.

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