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
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
* Denisa:
Czech,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
,
Russian,
Slovak
* Denise:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
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
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
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
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
* Dinisia:
Portuguese
* Dionycia, Dionis:
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
* Dionise:
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...
(on St. Denise's burial site)
* Dionísia:
Portuguese
* Dionisia:
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
,
Italian,
Spanish
* Dionizja:
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
* Dionysia:
Greek (Διονυσία),
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
,
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
* Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota:
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
Masculine variants
* Dénes:
Hungarian
* Denis:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
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
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
,
Slovak,
Slovene,
Czech,
Russian (Денис),
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...
(also Денис)
* Denijs:
Middle Dutch
* Deniz:
Turkish language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...
* Dêniz:
Portuguese (''Brazilian'')
* Dennis:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Dutch,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Norwegian
* Denny:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
* Denys (Денис):
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
* Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio:
Portuguese
* Dion:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
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
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
* 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
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
* Dionizy:
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
* 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:
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Denise Alexander (born 1939), American actress
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Denise Coffey
Denise Dorothy Coffey (12 December 1936 – 24 March 2022) was an English actress, director and playwright.
Early life
Coffey was born in Aldershot in 1936, the only child of Dorothy (''née'' Malcolm), and her husband, Denis Coffey, an Irishm ...
(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, and her self-titled show ''
Denise''
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Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
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Denise Nickerson
Denise Marie Nickerson (April 1, 1957 – July 10, 2019) was an American child actress. She is best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. She later played Allison on ''The Electric Co ...
(1957–2019), American actress
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Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress
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Denise Schindler
Denise Schindler (born 9 November 1985) is a German Paralympic cyclist.
Life and career
Schindler got into a tram accident when she was 3 years old which resulted in her right leg being amputated below the knee. She began cycling when she was ...
(born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
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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
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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
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Denyse Tontz
Denyse Tontz (born September 17, 1994"miranda rights". ''Soap Opera Digest''. July 15, 2013. p. 45.) is a Salvadoran-American actress, singer, and songwriter. Tontz is known for her roles as Cortney Strathmore on Freeform's '' The Fosters,'' Mi ...
(born 1994), American actress, model, and singer
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Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
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Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Welch (born 22 May 1958) is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2000), Steph Haydock in '' Waterloo Road'' (2006–2010), and ...
(born 1958), English actress and television presenter
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Denise Nicholas
Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress, author, and social activist. Nicholas is known primarily for her roles as high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series ''Room 222'' and Councilwoma ...
(born 1944), American actress, author, and activist
In music:
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Denyce Graves (born 1964), American opera singer
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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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Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two ''Bill ...
(born 1951), American singer
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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:
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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
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Denyse Julien
Denyse Julien (born July 22, 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a former badminton player from Canada noted for her versatility and longevity.
Career
Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen i ...
(born 1960), Canadian badminton player
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Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports presenter and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was twice Commonwealth Games champion, ...
(born 1972), British heptathlete
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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:
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Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
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Denese Becker (born 1973), Guatemalan refugee
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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 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
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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
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Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
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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:
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Denise, a character in ''The Muppets'' who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
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Denise Huxtable
Denise Huxtable Kendall is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet. Denise also stars in the first season of its spin-off sitcom, ''A Different World'' (1987) ...
, 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 ...
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Deniz (given name)
Deniz is a Turkish given name meaning "sea". It is used for both females and males.
Originally, Deniz was a masculine name. In a Turkish legend, the oldest Turkish ruler ( Khan) Oğuz had six sons. They were Ay-Han (moon Khan), Gök-Han (sky K ...
, pronounced similarly in Turkish
References
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English feminine given names
Feminine given names
French feminine given names