Denise, with several spelling variations, is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek mythology god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Dionysus."
Feminine variants
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Deneece, Denice, Deniece, Denyse: English language
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Denisa: Czech language, Romanian, Russian language, Slovak language
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Denise: English language, French language, Portuguese
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Denisse: English language, French language
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Deniz: Turkish language
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Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English
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Dinisia: Portuguese
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Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English
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Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site)
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Dionísia: Portuguese
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Dionisia: Middle English, Italian language, Spanish language
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Dionizja: Polish language
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Dionysia: Greek language (Διονυσία), Latin language, Middle English
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Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota: Middle English
Masculine variants
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Dénes: Hungarian
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Denis: English language, French language, German language, Romanian, Slovak language, Slovene language, Czech language, Russian language (Денис), Serbo-Croatian (also Денис)
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Denijs: Middle Dutch
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Deniz: Turkish language
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Dêniz: Portuguese ( Brazilian)
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Dennis: English language, Dutch language, German language, Norwegian
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Denny: English language
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Denys (Денис): Ukrainian
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Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio: Portuguese
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Dion: English language, French language ( medieval diminutive), Greek language ( diminutive: Δίων)
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Dionigi: Italian language
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Dionise: Romanian
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Dionisije (Дионисије): Serbian language
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Dionisio: Italian language, Spanish language
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Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian
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Dionizy: Polish language
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Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek language
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Dionýz: Slovak language
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Dénes: Hungarian
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Donnchadh: Irish language
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Dzianis (Дзяніс): Belarusian
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Genis (Генис): Udmurt language
Notable people named Denise
In television and film
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Denise Alexander (born 1939), American actress
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Denise Barbacena (born 1994), Filipina actress, singer and comedienne
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Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright
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Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress
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Denise Dowse (1958–2022), American actress and director
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Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian
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Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
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Denise Joaquin, Filipina actress
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Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
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Denise Laurel (born 1987), Filipina actress and singer
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Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
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Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress
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Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
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Denise Stapley (born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist
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Denise Camillia Tan (born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress
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Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
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Denise Welch (born 1958), English actress and television presenter
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Denise Nicholas (born 1944), American actress, author, and activist
In music
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Denise Ho (born 1977), singer from Hong Kong
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Denise Lor (1929–2015), American singer
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Denise Pearson (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
Sportspeople
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Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
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Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete
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Denise O'Connor (born 1935), American Olympic fencer
Politicians
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Denise Allen (1953–2022), Australian politician
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Denise Andrews (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts
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Denise Apt (1929–2014), American politician from Kansas
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Denise Bastide (1916–1952), French politician
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Denise Batters (born 1970), Canadian politician
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Denise Baum, American politician from Montana
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Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1969), Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi
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Denise Brewer (born 1966), American politician from Oklahoma
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Denise Bronzetti (born 1972), Sammarinese politician
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Denise Campbell (born 1964), American politician from West Virginia
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Denise Daley, Jamaican politician
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Denise Dittrich (born 1957), American politician from Minnesota
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Denise Driehaus (born 1963), American politician from Ohio
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Denise Everhart (born 1954), American politician from Kansas
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Denise Frossard (born 1950), Brazilian politician
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Denise Garner (born 1956), American politician from Arkansas
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Denise George, U.S. Virgin Islands politician
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Denise Harlow, American politician from Maine
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Denise Leblanc-Bantey, Canadian politician
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Denise Lee (born 1970), New Zealand politician
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Denise Loop (born 1994), German politician
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Denise Majette (born 1955), American politician from Georgia
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Denise Mentzer, American politician from Michigan
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Denise Merrill (born 1948), American politician from Connecticut
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Denise Mitchell (born 1976), Irish politician
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Denise Moreno Ducheny (born 1952), American politician
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Denise Phua (born 1959), Singaporean politician
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Denise Poirier-Rivard (born 1941), Canadian politician
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Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Massachusetts
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Denise Robinson, South African politician
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Denise Roche (born 1963), New Zealand politician
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Denise Savoie (born 1943), Canadian politician
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Denise Sinankwa, Burundian politician
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Denise Trudel (born 1955), Canadian politician
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Denise Villalobos, American politician
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Denise Woollard (born 1946), Canadian politician
In other fields
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Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
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Denise Domenach-Lallich (1924–2020), French resistance member
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Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet
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Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer
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Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
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Denise Weston Austin (1925–1997), Northern Irish zookeeper
Deneice
Denese
Denyce
Denyse
Fictional characters
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Denise, a secondary character on Monica's Gang
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Denise, Phoebe Buffay's roommate in NBC sitcom Friends
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Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
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Denise Best (née Royle), on the British sitcom The Royle Family
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Denise Fox, on the British soap opera EastEnders
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Denise Hemphill, on the satirical black comedy slasher series Scream Queens
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Denise Huxtable, on the sitcom The Cosby Show and its spin-off A Different World
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Denise Prime, French name for Dilys Price, fictional character on the animated series Fireman Sam
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Denise, a localized name for Kurama, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)
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Denise (The Big Bang Theory)
Nickname
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Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise
See also
