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Denise is a female given name.
Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to
Bacchus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
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Feminine variants

* Deneece, Denice, Deniece: English * Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak * Denise: English,
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, Portuguese * Denisse: English,
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
* Deniz:
Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...
* Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English * Dinisia: Portuguese * Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English * Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site) * Dionísia: Portuguese * Dionisia: Middle English, Italian, Spanish * Dionizja: Polish * Dionysia: Greek (Διονυσία), Latin, Middle English * Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota: Middle English


Masculine variants

* Dénes: Hungarian * Denis: English,
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, German, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Czech, Russian (Денис), Serbo-Croatian (also Денис) * Denijs: Middle Dutch * Deniz: Turkish language * Dêniz: Portuguese (''Brazilian'') * Dennis: English, Dutch, German, Norwegian * Denny: English * Denys (Денис): Ukrainian * Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio: Portuguese * Dion: English,
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(''medieval diminutive''), Greek (''diminutive'': Δίων) * Dionigi: Italian * Dionise: Romanian * Dionisije (Дионисије):
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
* Dionisio: Italian, Spanish * Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian * Dionizy: Polish * Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek * Dionýz: Slovak * Dénes: Hungarian * Donnchadh: Irish * Dzianis (Дзяніс):
Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...
* Genis (Генис): Udmurt


Notable examples

In television and film: * Denise Alexander (born 1939), American actress * Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright * Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress * Denise Dowse (1958–2022), American actress and director * Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian, and her self-titled show ''
Denise Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...
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Denise Keller Denise Lorraine Keller (born March 24, 1982) is a Singaporean model and former VJ for MTV Asia and currently hosts "Passage to Malaysia" on TLC, part of the Discovery Channel network. She is of Malacca-Chinese and German ancestry.Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress * Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress * Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist *
Denise Stapley Denise Marie Stapley (née McCormick; born January 1, 1971) is an American sex therapist known as the winner of '' Survivor: Philippines'', the 25th season of the reality TV competition series '' Survivor''. She also participated in the 40th seaso ...
(born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist *
Denise Camillia Tan Denise Camillia Tan (born 6 November 1992), is a Malaysian actress, who is based in Singapore. Career Tan participated in Miss Astro, a beauty pageant in Malaysia in 2012 which she won, and crowned Miss Astro Chinese 2012 at the age of 19. She ...
(born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress * Denyse Tontz (born 1994), American actress, model, and singer * Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter * Denise Welch (born 1958), English actress and television presenter * Denise Nicholas (born 1944), American actress, author, and activist In music: * Denyce Graves (born 1964), American opera singer * Denise Ho (born 1977), singer from Hong Kong * Denise Lor (1929–2015), American singer * Deniece Williams (born 1951), American singer *
Denise Pearson Denise Lisa Maria Pearson (born 13 June 1968), sometimes credited as Deniece Pearson, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the lead vocalist with the British pop/ R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The grou ...
(born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star In sport: *
Denise Hannema Denise van Deventer (née Hannema) (born 9 December 1990 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch international cricketer who debuted for the Dutch national side in 2008, and was appointed its captain in 2015. In June 2018, she was named in the Netherlands' ...
(born 1990), Dutch cricketer * Denyse Julien (born 1960), Canadian badminton player * Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete *
Denise O'Connor Denise O'Connor (born May 18, 1935) is an American former fencer. She competed for the United States in the women's team foil events at the 1964 and 1976 Summer Olympics. She also fenced in five World Championships (1965, '66, '69, '70, '75), ...
(born 1935), American Olympic fencer In other fields: * Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert * Denese Becker (born 1973), Guatemalan refugee *
Denise Domenach-Lallich Denise Domenach-Lallich (10 October 1924 – 19 July 2020) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Biography Domenach-Lallich was the third child in a family of nine children. Her father was an engineer with a local cable comp ...
(1924–2020), French resistance member * Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet *
Denise Moreno Ducheny Denise Moreno Ducheny (born March 21, 1952) is an American lawyer and former politician from California. She is a former California State Senator who represented Senate District 40, which includes southern San Diego County, part of Riverside Count ...
(born 1952), American politician *
Denise Pumain Denise Pumain (born 1946) is a French geographer. Pumain specialises in urban and theoretical geography. She is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and of the British Academy. Early life and education Pumain was born in 1946. She studi ...
(born 1946), French geographer * Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico *
Denise Weston Austin Denise Weston Austin (1925–1997), colloquially known as the Elephant Angel, was a Northern Irish zookeeper known for keeping Sheila, an elephant calf from the Belfast Zoo, in her backyard during World War II. She was also known for being the ...
(1925-1997), Northern Irish zookeeper Fictional characters: *
Denise Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...
, a character in ''The Muppets'' who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other * Denise Huxtable, fictional character on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' and its spin-off ''A Different World''


Nickname

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Andrée Borrel Andrée Raymonde Borrel (18 November 1919 – 6 July 1944), code named Denise, was a French woman who served in the French Resistance and as an agent for Britain's clandestine Special Operations Executive in World War II. The purpose of SOE was ...
(1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename ''Denise''


See also

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Dennis 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 someti ...
* Deniz (given name), pronounced similarly in Turkish


References

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