Denise, with several spelling variations, is a female given name.
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ...
is the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to
Bacchus
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Gre ...
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Feminine variants
* Deneece, Denice, Deniece,
Denyse
Denyse is a feminine given name, and may be seen as a variant of Denise. Notable people with the name include:
*Denyse Alexander (born 1931), British actress
*Denyse Benoit, Canadian actress, director and screenwriter
*Denyse Floreano (born 1976) ...
:
English
* Denisa:
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
,
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
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
,
Slovak
* Denise:
English,
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
,
Portuguese
* Denisse:
English,
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
* Deniz:
Turkish
* 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 pe ...
* 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 pe ...
* Dionise:
Old French
Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th (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 pe ...
, Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
, Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
* Dionizja: Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
* Dionysia: Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
(Διονυσία), Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
,
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 pe ...
* 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 pe ...
Masculine variants
* Dénes:
Hungarian
* Denis:
English,
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
,
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
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
,
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
(Денис), Serbo-Croatian language">Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
(also Денис)
* Denijs: Middle Dutch
* Deniz: Turkish language
* Dêniz:
Portuguese (''Brazilian'')
* Dennis:
English,
Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
,
Norwegian
* Denny:
English
* Denys (Денис):
Ukrainian
* Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio:
Portuguese
* Dion:
English,
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
(''medieval diminutive''),
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
(''diminutive'': Δίων)
* Dionigi:
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
* 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:
* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
**Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
* Dionisio:
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
* 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 around the ...
* Dionizy:
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
* Dionysios (Διονύσιος):
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
* 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 people named Denise
In television and film
*
Denise Alexander
Denise Alexander (November 11, 1939 – March 5, 2025) was an American actress best known for her role as Lesley Webber on ''General Hospital'', a role she originally played from 1973 to 1984 (contract), 1996 to 2009, and a guest stint in 2013 ...
(born 1939), American actress
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Denise Barbacena
Denise Ysabel Barbacena-Velasco (born November 2, 1994) is a Filipino actress, singer, comedienne and popularly known as finalist of the first season of the reality show, '' Protégé: The Battle For The Big Break'', a reality search contest, c ...
(born 1994), Filipina actress, singer and comedienne
*
Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright
*
Denise Crosby
Denise Michelle Crosby (born November 24, 1957) is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1), season one of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and Yar's daug ...
(born 1957), American actress
*
Denise Dowse
Denise Yvonne Dowse (February 21, 1958 – August 13, 2022) was an American actress. She was best known for her roles as Mrs. Yvonne Teasley in the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1991–2000), Judge Rebecca Damsen in ''The Guardian ...
(1958–2022), American actress and director
*
Denise Drysdale
Denise Anne Christina Drysdale (born 5 December 1948) is an Australian television presenter, variety entertainer, actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She is often affectionately known as "Ding Dong", a nickname invented by fellow performer Er ...
(born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian
*
Denise Gough
Denise Gough ( ; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama '' Paula'' (2017), the ITV miniseries '' Too Close'' (2021) and the Disney+ series '' Andor'' (2022–2025). H ...
(born 1980), Irish actress
*
Denise Joaquin
Denise Joaquin (born Angelica Domingo) is a Filipino actress.
Career
Joaquin started as a contract actor of Premiere Productions for which she did three movies ''Nagmumurang Kamatis'', ''Anak ng Bulkan'' and ''Matrikula''. She signed up with AB ...
, Filipina actress
*
Denise Keller
Denise Lorraine Keller (born March 24, 1982) is a Singaporean Model (person), model and former VJ for MTV Asia and currently hosts "Passage to Malaysia" on TLC (Asia), TLC, part of the Discovery Channel network. She is of Malacca-China, Chinese a ...
(born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
*
Denise Laurel
Denise María Sanz Laurel (born September 30, 1987) is a Filipino actress and singer. She is of Filipino and Spanish descent. She is a granddaughter of former Philippines vice president Salvador Laurel and great-granddaughter of former preside ...
(born 1987), Filipina actress and singer
*
Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
*
Denise Richards
Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress, TV personality, and model. She rose to prominence with roles in the science fiction film ''Starship Troopers'' (1997), the erotic thriller film '' Wild Things'' (1998), and the ...
(born 1971), American actress
*
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 three years old, resulting in her right leg being amputated below the knee. She began cycling when she was ...
(born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
*
Denise Stapley
''Survivor: Philippines'' is the twenty-fifth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series ''Survivor (American TV series), Survivor''. The season was filmed March 18 – April 25, 2012, and premiered on September 19, 2012, ...
(born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist
*
Denise Camillia Tan
Denise Camillia Tan (Chinese language, Chinese: 陈楚寰, born 6 November 1992) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore. She was a fashion design college student. She won the titles of Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2012, Miss Mos ...
(born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress
*
Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
*
Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Welch (born 22 May 1958) is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2000), Steph Haydock in '' Waterloo Road' ...
(born 1958), English actress and television presenter
*
Denise Nicholas
Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress. Nicholas played high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series ''Room 222'' and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/ CBS drama series '' In the He ...
(born 1944), American actress, author, and activist
In music
*
Denise Ho
Denise Ho Wan-see (born 10 May 1977) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian Cantopop singer and actress. She is also a pro-democracy and Hong Kong human rights activist. In 2012, Ho came out as lesbian, the first mainstream Cantonese singer to do so. In ...
(born 1977), singer from Hong Kong
*
Denise Lor
Denise Lor (born Denise Jeanne Briault; May 3, 1929 – September 27, 2015) was an American popular singer and actress. She was a featured artist on ''The Garry Moore Show''. In 1951, she appeared in the short-lived variety show '' Seven at Ele ...
(1929–2015), American singer
*
Denise Pearson (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
Sportspeople
*
Denise Hannema
Denise van Deventer (née Hannema) (born 9 December 1990) is a Dutch international cricketer who debuted for the Netherlands women's national cricket team, Dutch national side in 2008, and was appointed its captain in 2015. In June 2018, she w ...
(born 1990), Dutch cricketer
*
Denise Lewis
Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports administrator and former sports presenter and athletics athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.
She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics ...
(born 1972), British heptathlete
*
Denise O'Connor
Denise O'Connor (born May 18, 1935) is an American former fencing, fencer. She competed for the United States in the women's team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
She also fenced in five Wo ...
(born 1935), American Olympic fencer
Politicians
*
Denise Allen (1953–2022), Australian politician
*
Denise Andrews (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts
*
Denise Apt (1929–2014), American politician from Kansas
*
Denise Bastide (1916–1952), French politician
*
Denise Batters (born 1970), Canadian politician
*
Denise Baum, American politician from Montana
*
Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1969), Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi
*
Denise Brewer (born 1966), American politician from Oklahoma
*
Denise Bronzetti
Denise Bronzetti (born 12 December 1972) is a San Marino, Sammarinese politician who has been serving as a Captain Regent alongside Italo Righi since 1 April 2025. She has previously held the post from 1 October 2012 to 1 April 2013, with Teodoro ...
(born 1972), Sammarinese politician
*
Denise Campbell (born 1964), American politician from West Virginia
*
Denise Daley
Joyce Denise Daley is a Jamaican politician from the People's National Party
The People's National Party (PNP) (PNP; ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Jamaica, political party in Jamaica, founded in 193 ...
, Jamaican politician
*
Denise Dittrich (born 1957), American politician from Minnesota
*
Denise Driehaus (born 1963), American politician from Ohio
*
Denise Everhart (born 1954), American politician from Kansas
*
Denise Frossard (born 1950), Brazilian politician
*
Denise Garner (born 1956), American politician from Arkansas
*
Denise George, U.S. Virgin Islands politician
*
Denise Harlow, American politician from Maine
*
Denise Leblanc-Bantey, Canadian politician
*
Denise Lee (born 1970), New Zealand politician
*
Denise Loop (born 1994), German politician
*
Denise Majette (born 1955), American politician from Georgia
*
Denise Mentzer, American politician from Michigan
*
Denise Merrill (born 1948), American politician from Connecticut
*
Denise Mitchell (born 1976), Irish politician
*
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 Co ...
(born 1952), American politician
*
(born 1959), Singaporean politician
*
Denise Poirier-Rivard
Denise Poirier-Rivard (born May 19, 1941) is a Canadian politician. Poirier-Rivard was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the district of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant. First elected in the 2004 election. Poi ...
(born 1941), Canadian politician
*
Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Massachusetts
*
Denise Robinson, South African politician
*
Denise Roche
Denise Maree Roche (born 9 July 1963) is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of the Waiheke Local Board and the New Zealand House of Representatives, where she represented the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2011 to 2017.
Early ...
(born 1963), New Zealand politician
*
Denise Savoie (born 1943), Canadian politician
*
Denise Sinankwa, Burundian politician
*
Denise Trudel (born 1955), Canadian politician
*
Denise Villalobos, American politician
*
Denise Woollard (born 1946), Canadian politician
In other fields
*
Denise Austin
Denise Austin (née Katnich; born February 13, 1957) is an American fitness instructor, author, and columnist, and a former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Early life
Austin was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, ...
(born 1957), American fitness expert
*
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
Priscilla Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her p ...
(1923–1977), American poet
*
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 studie ...
(born 1946), French geographer
*
Denise Quiñones
Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Ri ...
(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 fi ...
(1925–1997), Northern Irish zookeeper
Deneice
*
Deniece Williams
June Deniece Williams (née Chandler; born June 3, 1950) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great Soul music, soul voices" by the BBC.
She is best known for the songs "Free (Deniece Williams song), Free", "Silly (song ...
(born 1951), American singer
Denese
*
Denese Becker
Denese Becker (born Dominga Sic Ruiz in 1973) was a survivor of the Río Negro massacres. At 11 she was adopted by an evangelical pastor and his wife in Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern ...
(born 1937), Guatemalan survivor of the Rio Negro massacre
*
Denese Oates (born 1955), Australian sculptor
Denyce
*
Denyce Graves
Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.
Early life
Graves was born on March 7, 1964, in Washington, D.C., to Charles Graves and Dorothy (Middleton) Graves-Kenner. She is the middle of three children and w ...
(born 1964), American opera singer
*
Denyce Lawton (born 1978), American actress and model
Denyse
*
Fictional characters
*Denise, a secondary character on ''
Monica's Gang
''Monica and Friends'' (), previously published as ''Monica's Gang'' in Anglophone territories and as ''Frizz and Friends'' in London, is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa.
The series originated in a c ...
''
*Denise,
Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (; born 16 February 1969) is one of the six main characters from the American television sitcom, ''Friends''. She was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and portrayed by actress Lisa Kudrow.
In the series' unive ...
's roommate in NBC sitcom ''
Friends
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...
''
*
Denise, a character in ''The Muppets'' who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
*Denise Best (née Royle), on the British sitcom ''
The Royle Family
''The Royle Family'' is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, com ...
''
*
Denise Fox
Denise Fox (also Wicks and Johnson) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Diane Parish. She made her first appearance on 11 May 2006 and temporarily left ''EastEnders'' in early 2008 to give birth to her se ...
, on the British soap opera ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
''
*Denise Hemphill, on the satirical black comedy slasher series ''
Scream Queens
A scream queen (a wordplay on ''screen queen'') is an actress who is prominent and influential in horror films, either through a notable appearance or recurring roles. Scream king is the equivalent for men. Notable scream queen examples include ...
''
*
Denise Huxtable
Denise Huxtable Kendall is a fictional character on the American sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet. Denise also leads the first season of its spin-off ''A Different World'' (1987). The second-born child o ...
, on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' and its spin-off ''A Different World''
*Denise Prime, French name for Dilys Price, fictional character on the animated series ''
Fireman Sam
''Fireman Sam'' () is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and T ...
''
*Denise, a localized name for
Kurama, in the Tagalog dub of ''YuYu Hakusho'' (known in the Philippines as ''Ghost Fighter'')
Nickname
*
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
*
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 some ...
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Deniz (given name)
Deniz is a unisex Turkish language, Turkish Turkish name, given name meaning "sea". It is used for both women and men.
Originally, Deniz was a masculine name. In a Turkish legend, the oldest Turkish ruler (Khan (title), Khan) Oghuz Khan, Oğuz had ...
, pronounced similarly in Turkish
*
Marie-Denise Marie-Denise is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961), Canadian painter
* Marie-Denise Fabien Jean-Louis (born 1944), Haitian physician and politician
* Marie Denise Pelletier (born ...
References
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English-language feminine given names