Denise (given name)

Denise
Pronunciation	English: /dɨˈniːs/ də-nees or /dɨˈniːz/ də-neez
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Greek / Roman mythology
Meaning	to be devoted to [God
Other names
Related names	Dennis, Denyse

Denise is a female given name. It is one of the feminine forms of the masculine name Dennis. The name Denise is said to be of French origin, though its root names are Dionysius in Greek and Dionysia in Latin. Dionysius is the pagan God of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."^[1][2]

Feminine variants

• Deni English
• Denice English
• Deniece English
• Denis Middle English
• Denisa Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
• Denise English, French
• Denisse English, French
• Deniz Turkish
• Dennet Middle English
• Denote Middle English
• Deonisia Middle English
• Deonysia Middle English
• Dinisia Portuguese
• Dionis Middle English
• Dionise Old French (on St. Denise's burial site)
• Dionísia Portuguese
• Dionisia Middle English, Italian, Spanish
• Dionycia Middle English
• Dionysia Latin, Middle English
• Diot Middle English
• Diota Middle English
• Dye Middle English
• Dyonisia Middle English
• Dyonisya Middle English
• Dyot Middle English
• Dyota Middle English

Masculine variants

• Den English
• Dénes Hungarian
• Denis Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
• Денис (Denis) Russian
• Denis or Deniz Turkish
• Dennis Dutch, English, German
• Denny English
• Denys Ukrainian
• Dinis Portuguese
• Diniz Portuguese
• Dionise Romanian
• Dionísio Portuguese
• Dionisio Italian, Spanish
• Dionysios Greek
• Dionýz Slovak

Denise can refer to:

Notable bearers

In television and film:

• Denise Crosby, American actress
• Denise Drysdale, Australian television personality and comedian, and her self-titled show Denise
• Denise Huxtable, character on The Cosby Show
• Denise Keller, MTV Asia host
• Denise Richards, American actress
• Denyse Sibley, radio host
• Denyse Tessensohn, writer
• Denyse Tontz, actress, model, and singer
• Denise van Outen (born 1974), actress, singer and TV presenter
• Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter

In music:

• Denyce Graves, opera singer
• Denise Ho, singer from Hong Kong
• Denise Lor, singer
• Denyse Plummer, singer
• Deniece Williams, singer

In other fields:

• Denise Austin, fitness expert
• Denise Moreno Ducheny, American politician
• Denyse Julien, badminton player
• Denise Levertov, poet
• Denise Lewis, British heptathlete
• Denise Quiñones, former Miss Universe (2001) from Puerto Rico

Nickname

• Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise

References

1. ^ "Denise". http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Denise. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
2. ^ "baby name meaning, origin, and description of Biblical character". http://www.biblical-baby-names.com/meaning-of-denise.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 

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