Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is sometimes said to be derived from the Greek Dios (????, "of Zeus") and Nysos or Nysa (????), where the young god was raised. Dionysus (or Dionysos; also known as Bacchus in Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization, a lawgiver, and lover of peace -- as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theater.
Dionysus is a god of mystery religious rites, such as those practiced in honor of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis near Athens. In the Thracian mysteries, he wears the "bassaris" or fox-skin, symbolizing new life. (See also Maenads.)
A mediaeval Latinised form of the Anglo-Norman surname Le Denys was Dacus, which correctly meant Dacian, but when the Vikings were about was often used to mean "Danish" or "The Dane". The name became modernised as Denys, then later as Dennis.
Alternative forms and spellings of the name include Denis, Denys, Denish, Deon, Deonne, Deonte, and Dion, Dionice. Diminutive forms include Den, Dennoh, Deno, Denny, Deny and Deen.
The name Sydenie (alternate spellings: Sydney or Sidney) may derive from a village in Normandy called Saint-Denis.
A medieval diminutive was Dye, from which the names Dyson and Tyson are derived.
Dennis is a very popular English, Irish and Danish name, common throughout the English-speaking world.
Denis is a very popular French name, common throughout the Francophone world, but is also a common English, Irish, German, Italian, Dutch, Croatian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Brazilian, Bosnian, and Albanian name.
Dionizy is the Polish version of the name.
Deniz is the Turkish version of the name. The Turkish language word for "sea" is "deniz", e.g. Kara Deniz" means the Black Sea.
The Irish name Donnchadh may be anglicised as Denis, but has a different origin. Dionigi or Dionisio are Italian versions of the name, although Denis is quite common in Italy.
Feminine versions of the name include: Denise, Denisa, Deni, Denice, Deniece, Dione, and Dionne.
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Variants
- Dennis Danish, Dutch, English, German
- Dénes, Dienes, Gyenes Hungarian
- Denis Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
- Deniss Latvian
- Denny English
- Dionizy or Dionizjusz (archaic) Polish
- ????i? or Dzianis (?acinka) Belarusian
- ????? Ukrainian, Russian, Macedonian
- Dionisie Romanian
- Dionísio or Dinis (archaic) Portuguese
- Dionisio Italian, Spanish
- Dionigi Italian
- ????????? (Dionysios) Greek
- ????????? (Dionisije) Serbian
- Dionýs Slovak
- Donnchadh Irish
- Tõnis Estonian
- Denisu (???) Japanese
- D?nnís? (???) Chinese
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People with the given name Dennis
- Dennis Alexio, American kickboxer
- Dennis Aogo, German football player
- Dennis Bergkamp, retired footballer
- Dennis Blake, Jamaican track and field athlete
- Dennis C. Bottorff, American business executive.
- Dennis Brain, English virtuoso horn player
- Dennis Brinkmann, German football player
- Dennis Brunod, Italian ski mountaineer and skyrunner
- Dennis Cagara, Danish football player
- Dennis Chambers, American drummer
- Dennis Cole, American actor
- Dennis Coles, American rapper known as Ghostface Killah
- Dennis Danell, guitarist with band Social Distortion
- Dennis Delane, Irish actor
- Dennis DeYoung, lead singer and keyboardist pop music group Styx
- Dennis Diekmeier, German football player
- Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
- Dennis Eilhoff, German football goalkeeper
- Dennis Endras, German ice hockey goaltender
- Dennis Erickson, American football head coach
- Dennis Farina (1944-2013), American character actor
- Dennis Farrey, American businessman and founder of Jameco Electronics
- Dennis Fentie, Canadian politician
- Dennis Ferrera, Honduran football player
- Dennis Franz, American actor
- Dennis Gabor, Hungarian electrical engineer and inventor
- Dennis Gansel, German film director
- Dennis Gentenaar, Dutch football goalkeeper
- Dennis Gile, American football player
- Dennis González, American jazz musician, poet and visual artist
- Dennis Green, American football head coach
- Dennis Grote, German football player
- Dennis Hastert, American politician
- Dennis Havrilla, Arena Football player
- Dennis Hayden (actor), American actor
- Dennis Haysbert (born 1954), American actor
- Dennis Paul Hebert (1927-2015), American actor
- Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), American actor, filmmaker and artist
- Dennis Horstmann, German DJ and dance music artist known as Special D.
- Dennis James (disambiguation), several people
- Dennis Johnson, American basketball player
- Dennis Joseph, Malayalam scriptwriter and director
- Dennis Kimetto, Kenyan long distance runner
- Dennis Kruppke, German football player
- Dennis Kucinich, American politician
- Dennis Law (disambiguation), multiple people
- Denis Leary, American actor and comedian
- Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer
- Dennis Lisk, German rapper known as Denyo
- Dennis Lundy, American football player
- Dennis Lynds, pseudonym of Michael Collins (author)
- Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
- Dennis Midkiff, Sprint Service/Repair mogul
- Dennis Miller, American comedian and talk show host
- Dennis Muilenburg (born 1964), American businessman, CEO of Boeing
- Dennis Nielsen, American colonel and politician
- Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
- Dennis Oli, English football player
- Dennis Patera, American football player
- Dennis Paul, American politician
- Dennis Prager, American radio host
- Denis Charles Pratt, birth name of British writer, raconteur and gay icon Quentin Crisp
- Dennis Price, English actor
- Dennis Quaid, American actor
- Dennis Rader, American serial killer
- Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
- Dennis Rodman, American basketball player
- Dennis Rommedahl, Danish football player
- Dennis Schulp, Dutch football player
- Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
- Dennis Smith (disambiguation), several people
- Dennis Souza, Brazilian football player
- Dennis Stewart (judoka), British judoka
- Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
- Dennis Tito, American engineer, multimillionaire and space tourist
- Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka
- Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer
- Dennis Wheatley, English author
- Dennis Wilson, American musician
- Dennis Wise, English football player and manager
Fictional
- Dennis Creevey, minor character from Harry Potter
- Dennis Finch, main character from Just Shoot Me
- Dennis Loughran, aka Denisovich from the 2015 animated sequel film Hotel Transylvania 2
- Dennis Nedry, character from Jurassic Park
- Dennis Reynolds, main character from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Dennis the Hitman, minor character from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Dennis the Locomotive, minor character from Thomas and Friends
- Dennis the Menace (UK comics) in The Beano
- Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics), a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip whose eponymous protagonist is named Dennis Mitchell
- Dennis the Menace (film) (released in the United Kingdom as Dennis), a 1993 live-action American family film based on the comic strip
- Dennis, character from Far Cry 3
- Dennis the Peasant, minor character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Dennis from Kid vs. Kat
- Dennis Duffy, a minor character from 30 Rock
- "Phantom Dennis", Cordelia Chase's deceased roommate on Angel
- Dennis, the title character in the 2006 film Love Belongs to Everyone (released in Belgium as Dennis van Rita), played by Matthias Schoenaerts
People with the surname Dennis
- Bill Dennis, American NASCAR driver
- Bo Dennis, star of Lost Girl
- C. J. Dennis, Australian poet
- Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
- Carolyn Dennis, American singer and actor
- Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
- Cecil Dennis, Liberian political figure who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Charles Dennis, Actor, Several people
- Cheri Dennis, American singer
- Clare Dennis, Australian breaststroke swimmer
- David W. Dennis, American politician
- Derek Dennis, American football player
- Diana Dennis, American female bodybuilder
- Elias Smith Dennis, American lawyer, politician and soldier
- Eugene Dennis, American politician and leader of the Communist Party USA
- Everette Dennis, American scholar
- Felix Dennis, English magazine publisher and philanthropist
- Franklyn Dennis, Canadian cricketer
- Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, Liberian politician
- George Dennis (disambiguation), several people
- Hershel Dennis, American football running back
- Hugh Dennis, English actor, comedian, writer
- Jack Dennis, American electrical engineer and computer scientist
- John Dennis (disambiguation), several people
- Kristian Dennis, English football player
- Lawrence Dennis, American diplomat, consultant and author
- Les Dennis, English comedian and actor
- Matt Dennis, American singer and bandleader
- Morgan Dennis, American illustrator and author
- N. Dennis (1929-2013), Indian politician
- Nick Dennis, American actor
- Nigel Dennis, English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor
- Patrick Dennis, American author
- Richard Dennis, American commodities trader
- Robert J. Dennis, American businessman, Chairman and CEO of Genesco
- Ron Dennis, English former executive chairman of McLaren Automotive
- Roy L. Dennis, American boy afflicted with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
- R. W. G. Dennis, British mycologist
- Sandy Dennis, American theater and film actress
- Shaun Dennis, Scottish football player and assistant manager
- Simon Dennis, English rower
- Tom Dennis, English snooker and billiards player
- Wesley Dennis, American country music artist
- Weston Dennis, also known as Westballz, American Super Smash Bros. Melee player
- William Dennis (disambiguation)
- Willie Dennis, American jazz trombonist
- Willye Dennis, American librarian and civil rights activist
See also
- Denis (disambiguation)
- Denise (given name)
- Dionysus
External links
- Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Denis". Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company.
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