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Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the name , via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.

The name came from , the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by , which is sometimes said to be derived from the Greek Dios (Διός, "of ") and Nysos or Nysa (Νῦσα), where the young god was raised. Dionysus (or Dionysos; also known as Bacchus in Roman mythology and associated with the Italic ), the 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 a lover of peace—as well as the patron deity of both agriculture and the theatre.

Dionysus is a god of mystery religious rites, such as those practised in honour of and at near Athens. In the Thracian mysteries, he wears the "bassaris" or fox-skin, symbolizing new life. (See also .)

A mediaeval Latinised form of the Anglo-Norman surname Le Denys was Dacus, which correctly meant , 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, Dennys, Denish, Deon, Deonne, Deonte, and Dion, Dionice. 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 are derived.

Dennis is a very popular , and name, common throughout the English-speaking world, and a very popular name, common throughout the world. It is also common as a , , , , , , , , , , and name.

Dionizy is the version of the name, while Dionigi and Dionisio are the versions of the name. The name is sometimes anglicised as Denis, but has a different origin and is in fact related to the names Duncan and Donagh. Feminine versions of the name include: Denise, Denisa, Deni, Denice, Deniece, Dione, and Dionne.


Variants


People with the given name Dennis

Common combinations with given name Dennis
  • Dennis Allen
  • Dennis Anderson
  • Dennis Avery
  • Dennis Bailey
  • Dennis Baker
  • Dennis Bell
  • Dennis Bennett
  • Dennis Blair
  • Dennis Boles
  • Dennis Boyd
  • Dennis Brown
  • Dennis Brown
  • Dennis Burton
  • Dennis Casey
  • Dennis Donovan
  • Dennis Dougherty
  • Dennis Edwards
  • Dennis Elwell
  • Dennis Flores
  • Dennis Francis
  • Dennis Geiger
  • Dennis Gilbert
  • Dennis Green
  • Dennis Hale
  • Dennis Hampson
  • Dennis Harris
  • Dennis Hayden
  • Dennis Hughes
  • Dennis Isherwood
  • Dennis James
  • Dennis Jennings
  • Dennis Jensen
  • Dennis John
  • Dennis Johnson
  • Dennis Jones
  • Dennis Kelly
  • Dennis King
  • Dennis Law
  • Dennis Lawrence
  • Dennis Lee
  • Dennis Leigh
  • Dennis Lloyd
  • Dennis Lyons
  • Dennis Marks
  • Dennis Marshall
  • Dennis Matthews
  • Dennis McCarthy
  • Dennis McCoy
  • Dennis McGuire
  • Dennis Millar
  • Dennis Miller
  • Dennis Moore
  • Dennis Moran
  • Dennis Morgan
  • Dennis Morris
  • Dennis Mullins
  • Dennis Murphy
  • Dennis Murray
  • Dennis Nelson
  • Dennis Nolan
  • Dennis O'Brien
  • Dennis O'Connor
  • Dennis O'Neill
  • Dennis O'Sullivan
  • Dennis Olsen
  • Dennis Olson
  • Dennis Peters
  • Dennis Phillips
  • Dennis Rasmussen
  • Dennis Richardson
  • Dennis Rivera
  • Dennis Roberts
  • Dennis Robertson
  • Dennis Schmidt
  • Dennis Scott
  • Dennis Smith
  • Dennis Stewart
  • Dennis Sullivan
  • Dennis Taylor
  • Dennis Thompson
  • Dennis Walker
  • Dennis Ward
  • Dennis Waterman
  • Dennis White
  • Dennis Williams
  • Dennis Wilson
  • Dennis Young


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  • (born 1963), Hong Kong film director
  • (1918–1991), British architect and interior designer
  • (born 1949), Australian cricketer
  • Dennis Lisk (born 1977), German rapper known as
  • (born 1963), Hong Kong molecular biologist
  • (born 1972), American football player
  • Dennis Lynds, pseudonym of Michael Collins (American author) (1924–2005)
  • Dennis Lyxzén (born 1972), Swedish musician
  • (born 1953), American comedian and talk show host
  • Dennis Muilenburg (born 1964), American businessman, CEO of Boeing
  • , American politician
  • (born 1947), American colonel and politician
  • (1945–2018), Scottish serial killer
  • (born 1984), English footballer
  • (born 1945), American football player
  • (fl. 2010s–2020s), American politician
  • (1934–1994), English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist
  • (born 1948), American radio host
  • (1915–1973), English actor
  • (born 1954), American actor
  • (born 1945), American serial killer
  • (1941–2011), American computer scientist
  • (born 1961), American basketball player
  • (born 1978), Danish footballer
  • (born 1948), American diplomat and author
  • (born 1979), German conceptual artist


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  • , American writer
  • Dennis Sanchez (soccer), American soccer coach
  • (born 1996), Dominican professional baseball pitcher
  • (born 1981), American baseball player
  • Dennis Schröder (born 1993), German basketball player
  • (born 1978), Dutch footballer
  • Dennis Seidenberg (born 1981), German ice hockey player
  • (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
  • Dennis Stewart (basketball) (born 1947), American professional basketball player
  • Dennis Stewart (judoka) (born 1960), British judoka
  • Dennis Cleveland Stewart (1947–1994), American actor and dancer
  • (born 1949), Northern Irish snooker player
  • Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas (1951–2021), founding member of the band Kool & the Gang
  • (born 1940), American engineer, multimillionaire and space tourist
  • (born 1981), Hong Kong martial artist and actor
  • (born 1981), Filipino actor
  • (born 1946), American singer
  • (born 1973), Chinese-Filipino businessman
  • Dennis van der Geest (born 1975), Dutch judoka
  • (1948–2022), English actor and singer
  • (1924–2006), American actor
  • (born 1977), Dutch television presenter
  • (1897–1977), English author
  • Dennis A. Wicker (born 1952), American lawyer and politician
  • Dennis Williams (born 1965), American basketball player
  • (1944–1983), American musician, co-founder of The Beach Boys
  • (born 1966), English footballer and manager
  • (born 1948), American politician
  • (1946–1986), Jamaican footballer
  • Dennis Ziegenhorn (born 1947), American politician
  • (born 1947), American politician
  • (born 1978), Bermudian footballer


Fictional characters
  • Dennis Blunden, main character from Head of the Class
  • Dennis Creevey, minor character from
  • Dennis Finch, main character from Just Shoot Me
  • Dennis Guilder, a main character in Stephen King's novel Christine and its film adaptation
  • Dennis Lapman, character from Final Destination 5
  • Dennis Loughran, aka Denisovich, from the 2015 animated sequel film Hotel Transylvania 2 and its two sequels and is the young vampire/human hybrid son of vampire Mavis and human Johnathon.
  • Dennis Nedry, character from Jurassic Park
  • Dennis Reynolds, main character from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • Dennis, Stanley's talking pet goldfish in the Playhouse Disney animated show Stanley
  • , character on Coronation Street from its first episode in 1960 until 2014.
  • Dennis the Hitman, is Plankton's bounty hunter and the secondary main villain from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
  • Dennis the Diesel, minor character from Thomas and Friends
  • Dennis, character from Far Cry 3
  • Dennis, the title character in the 2006 film Love Belongs to Everyone (released in Belgium as Dennis van Rita), played by Matthias Schoenaerts
  • 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 the Peasant, minor character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Dennis Duffy, a minor character from 30 Rock
  • "Phantom Dennis", Cordelia Chase's deceased roommate on Angel
  • Dennis "Cutty" Wise, character on the HBO drama
  • Dennis, a localized name for Kurama, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)


People with the surname Dennis

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  • , Tobago politician
  • (born 1929), South African cricketer
  • (born 1935), American NASCAR driver
  • , fictional star of Lost Girl
  • C. J. Dennis (1876–1938), Australian poet
  • (born 1939), American poet and educator
  • (born 1954), American singer and actor
  • (born 1969), English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
  • (1931–1980), Liberian political figure who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • (born 1946), Canadian actor, playwright, director and screenwriter
  • (born 1979), American singer
  • , Canadian professor, University of Toronto
  • (1916–1971), Australian breaststroke swimmer
  • David W. Dennis (1912–1999), American politician
  • (born 1988), American football player
  • (born 1951), American female bodybuilder
  • (born 1986), Welsh professional wrestler
  • Elias Smith Dennis (1812–1894), American lawyer, politician and soldier
  • (born 1943), Australian plant molecular biologist
  • (born 1997), Nigerian football player
  • (1905–1961), American politician and leader of the Communist Party USA
  • (fl. 2010s), American scholar
  • (1947–2014), English magazine publisher and philanthropist
  • (born 1956), Jamaican-born writer, broadcaster, journalist
  • (born 1947), Canadian cricketer
  • Gabriel Lafayette Dennis (1896–1954), Liberian politician
  • (1892–1963), English writer
  • George Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1984), American football player
  • (born 1962), English actor, comedian, writer
  • (born 1931), American electrical engineer and computer scientist
  • (born 1995), British Formula E driver
  • James Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • John Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1990), English footballer
  • (1893–1977), American diplomat, consultant and author
  • (born 1953), English comedian and actor
  • Littleton Dennis Jr. (1765–1833), associate justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
  • Littleton Purnell Dennis (1786–1834), American politician
  • (born 1969), American interior designer


M-Z
  • (1914–2002), American singer and bandleader
  • Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), Swedish sculptor, filmmaker
  • (1892–1960), American illustrator and author
  • N. Dennis (1929–2013), Indian politician
  • (1904–1980), American actor
  • (1912–1989), English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor
  • Oliver Perry Dennis (1858–1927), American architect
  • (1921–1976), American author
  • Peter Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • R. Keith Dennis (1944–2024), American mathematician
  • (born 2001), American basketball player
  • (born 1949), American commodities trader
  • Richard William George Dennis (1910–2003), British mycologist
  • Rillie P. Dennis (died 1955), American politician from Maryland
  • Robert J. Dennis (fl. 1980s–2020s), American businessman, chairman and CEO of
  • (born 1947), English former executive chairman of McLaren Automotive
  • Roy L. Dennis (1961–1978), American boy afflicted with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
  • Samuel Dennis (academic) (fl. 1770s–1790s), English academic administrator
  • Samuel Dennis (Australian politician) (1870–1945), Australian politician
  • Samuel K. Dennis (died 1892), American politician
  • Samuel K. Dennis Jr. (1874–1953), American politician and judge
  • (1937–1992), American theater and film actress
  • (1969–2025), Scottish footballer
  • Simon Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 2000), American football player
  • Tom Dennis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Wesley Dennis (born 1963), American country music artist
  • (fl. 2010s–2020s), also known as Westballz, American Super Smash Bros. Melee player
  • William Dennis (disambiguation)
  • (1926–1965), American jazz trombonist
  • (1926–2012), American librarian and civil rights activist


See also
  • Denis (disambiguation)
  • Denise (given name)


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