Dominie: name of lady at Waitrose checkout

[AllieW]

When I was shopping today I noticed that the name of the lady at the till was Dominie. Given that names are very much on my mind, I decided to be nosy and ask her about it.

She said that her father had been in the army and it had been the name of one of the ladies at a posting I think in France.

It struck me as very pretty and, between the two of us, we decided that it must have been a French feminine version of Dominic.

I don't think it will go on our shortlist, but just thought I'd throw it out there to see what others thought!

There is a gorgeous little girl called Dominie at my school. I think I like it because of her.

surely Dominique is the feminine version of Dominic?

My great aunt had a lovely friend called Dominie - an English woman.

I think it's lovely

I also love Aurelie

(but it sounds too much like "oh really" for me to use it)

V appealing

@ MrsBadger I've just looked in my names book and it gives both! Perhaps it's just the least usual version.

Oh I LOVE it! that is really a gorgeous name.

What would you have as a short form? Minnie?

Dominique is better :D (I am slightly biased, being a Dominique myself!) It can be shortened to Dom, Mini, Nique, Nicki, Kiki, Domi etc...the opportunities are endless. It means Belonging to God too

I haven't heard of it before but it's nice You might be constantly correcting people who thought it was Dominique, though.

Lovely!

I love when Waitrose tannoy for staff members and use Mr or Mrs instead of the first names.

I went to school with a Dominie. Never heard it since. Lovely name.

I love it! Never heard of it before.

I like it. Prefer it to Dominique, which is a bit too long for me. I like Eugenie too (similar?). The mw who helped deliver my dc1 was called Eugenie.

There was a very nice Dominie at my school, I thought her name was Domino for ages tho

Dominie is sweet, much nicer than Dominique.

Eugenie makes me think of 'eugenics' when I see it written down, so not keen.

i like it, but is the name of an aircraft my dad used to fly in so I would be laughed at if I used it i think!

@AllieW

When I was shopping today I noticed that the name of the lady at the till was Dominie. Given that names are very much on my mind, I decided to be nosy and ask her about it.

She said that her father had been in the army and it had been the name of one of the ladies at a posting I think in France.

It struck me as very pretty and, between the two of us, we decided that it must have been a French feminine version of Dominic.

I don't think it will go on our shortlist, but just thought I'd throw it out there to see what others thought!

xxx

I prefer Dominique. Dominie is OK, but is a weaker name than Dominique. I’d worry about domino too.

Love Dominie. Very pretty. I like the unusual Dom sound, which balances out the more feminine ending.

Never heard it before and really like it

Anno Domini.

Dominatrix.

It’s a nice name but I do think it’s quite weird to call your child after an ex girlfriend / fling.

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