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Dennis en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɛnɪs/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”.

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis! c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
    • Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed. "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!" 1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co:
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Parker County, Texas.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  12. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.

Forms

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Denis alternative lexicographic
Denys alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

West Dennis · Coln St Dennis · Dennis Port · Tyson · Dennison · St Dennis · Dennisport · Dyson · South Dennis · East Dennis

Relateds

Dionysus · Dionysos · Denise · Denny · Tennyson

Translations (37)

pl Dionizy (male given name) · pt Dênis (male given name) · tr Deniz (male given name) · uk Деніс (male given name) · kl Tiinasi (male given name) · de Dennis (male given name) · cmn 丹尼斯 (male given name) · gl Dinís (male given name) · fa دنیس (male given name) · ru Дэ́ннис (male given name) · no Dennis (male given name) · hu Dénes (male given name) · nl Dennis (male given name) · sv Dennis (male given name) · oc Danís (male given name) · ja デニス (male given name) · fr Denis (male given name) · de Denis (male given name) · ca Dionís (male given name) · pt Diniz (male given name) · el Ντένις (male given name) · ky Деңиз (male given name) · oc Daunís (male given name) · sh Денис (male given name) · ru Дени́с (male given name) · oc Deunis (male given name) · da Dennis (male given name) · cs Denis (male given name) · es Dionisio (male given name) · bg Денис (male given name) · sh Denis (male given name) · ko 데니스 (male given name) · it Dionisio (male given name) · wa Dni (male given name) · scn Dinisi (male given name) · tl Densyo (male given name) · pt Dinis (male given name)

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