Denise (given name)

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Denise is a female given name. It is one of the feminine forms of the masculine name Dennis. The name Denise is said to be of French origin, though its root names are Dionysius in Greek and Dionysia in Latin. Dionysius is the pagan God of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."^[1][2]

Feminine variants

• Deni English
• Denny English
• Denice English
• Deniece English
• Deny English
• Dennis English
• Denis Middle English
• Denisa Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
• Denise English, French
• Denisse English, French
• Διονυσία (Dionysia) Greek
• Dennet Middle English
• Denote Middle English
• Deonisia Middle English
• Deonysia Middle English
• Dinisia Portuguese
• Dionis Middle English
• Dionise Old French (on St. Denise's burial site)
• Dionísia Portuguese
• Dionisia Middle English, Italian, Spanish
• Dionycia Middle English
• Dionysia Latin, Middle English
• Diot Middle English
• Diota Middle English
• Dye Middle English
• Dyonisia Middle English
• Dyonisya Middle English
• Dyot Middle English
• Dyota Middle English

Masculine variants

• Den English
• Dénes Hungarian
• Denis Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
• Денис (Denis) Russian
• Dennis Dutch, English, German
• Denny English
• Denys Ukrainian
• Dinis Portuguese
• Diniz Portuguese
• Dionise Romanian
• Dionísio Portuguese
• Dionisio Italian, Spanish
• Διονύσιος (Dionysios) Greek
• Дионисије (Dionisije) Serbian
• Dionýz Slovak

Denise can refer to:

Notable bearers

In television and film:

• Denise Crosby, American actress
• Denise Drysdale, Australian television personality and comedian, and her self-titled show Denise
• Denise Huxtable, character on The Cosby Show
• Denise Keller, MTV Asia host
• Denise Nickerson, American former actress
• Denise Richards, American actress
• Denyse Sibley, radio host
• Denyse Tessensohn, writer
• Denyse Tontz, actress, model, and singer
• Denise van Outen (born 1974), actress, singer and TV presenter
• Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter

In music:

• Denyce Graves, opera singer
• Denise Ho, singer from Hong Kong
• Denise Lor, singer
• Denyse Plummer, singer
• Deniece Williams, singer

In other fields:

• Denise Austin, fitness expert
• Denise Moreno Ducheny, American politician
• Denyse Julien, badminton player
• Denise Levertov, poet
• Denise Lewis, British heptathlete
• Denise Quiñones, Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
• Denise Wong, Canadian stage actor

Nickname

• Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise

See also

• Dennis

References