Denis

See also: denis, dénis, and Dênis

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/, /dəˈni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪs, -iː

Proper noun

Denis

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     Shall not thou and I, between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half English, that shall go to Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?

2. A surname.

Anagrams

• Sinde, dines, enids, nides, snide, snied

Albanian

Proper noun

Denis m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Denis

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Denis	Denisi
accusative		Denisin
dat./abl.	Denisi	Denisit

French

Alternative forms

• Denys (historical)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Dionȳsius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ni/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Denis m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis; originally given in honor of a third century bishop of Paris, the patron saint of France
2. a surname based on the given name

Related terms

• Denise

Descendants

• → Czech: Denis
  • ⇒ Czech: Denisa (feminine)
• → Dutch: Dennis
• → German: Denis, Dennis
• → Hungarian: Dénes
• → Brazilian Portuguese: Dênis
• → Romanian: Denis
  • ⇒ Romanian: Denisa (feminine)
• → Russian: Денис (Denis)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Денис

  Latin script: Denis

• → Slovak: Denis
  • ⇒ Slovak: Denisa (feminine)
• → Slovene: Denis
• → Ukrainian: Денис (Denys)

Anagrams

• dines, dînes, dînés

German

Alternative forms

• Dennis (borrowed from English)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Denis

1. a male given name from French Denis, equivalent to English Dennis

Related terms

• Denise

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius.

Proper noun

Denis

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis

Descendants

• English: Dennis
• Yola: Deenees

References

• “Denis”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Denis m (Cyrillic spelling Денис)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis or Denis

Declension

Declension of Denis

	singular	plural
nominative	Denis	-
genitive	Denisa	-
dative	Denisu	-
accusative	Denisa	-
vocative	Denise	-
locative	Denisom	-
instrumental	Denisu	-

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from French Denis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnis/

Proper noun

Denis m pers (diminutive Denisko)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Denis
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Denis	Denisovia
genitive	Denisa	Denisov
dative	Denisovi	Denisom
accusative	Denisa	Denisov
locative	Denisovi	Denisoch
instrumental	Denisom	Denismi

Further reading

• “Denis”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025