Dominic

[PippaWater]

My DH has his heart set on the name Dominic for DS2. It was his fave for DS1 but because of my reservations we didn't go with it. Now we have found out we are having another boy, I'm really trying to set my issues aside, because I don't have a strong emotional pull to any other alternative name, so it seems crazy to deny DH a name he loves for an alternative that neither of us are passionate about.

My reservations are:

1. Its a big name for a child and will therefore definitely get shortened from day 1 to Dom or what makes me cringe most, 'Dommy' and noone will ever actually call him Dominic.
2. I still remember the Big Bad Dom domestos adverts so I hear that in my head and imagine I'm not alone in that.
3. Recent politician associations.
4. I think with our surname as well, we would want a 1 syllable middle name, and not one beginning with a J as I don't like the "DJ" initials idea, but no one syllable middle names are jumping out for me.

Can you help me get on board... Or find an alternative name that we might both love?

I don’t like it. It sounds rather prim and holy.

Dominatrix.

I like it, don’t think it’s a big name

One I know has always been called Nic/Nico if that helps. I also know a couple who are usually Dominic, with just the occasional Dom when people are feeling nicknamey I know half a dozen and never heard Dommy!

I love it. My dd would've been Dominic had she been a boy. I like Dom as an affection nickname but I don't think it's inevitable.

Just to say, it won't necessarily be shortened, I know Thomas's and Alexander's who have made it all the way through primary school without having their name shortened by anyone.

I absolutely love it, however it is forever associated with me with ‘Dominic the Christmas donkey’. Which has had a weird resurgence of late.

There are alot of Dominik's in my two dds school (Catholic school with large polish population) and they all go by Dominik not Dom. Its primary school though so maybe it might get shortened in secondary but then they are not little anymore and it's their name so...