Denise (given name)
| Pronunciation | /dəˈniːs/ də-NES or /dəˈniːz/ də-NEEZ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek / Roman mythology |
| Meaning | to be devoted to Bacchus |
| Region of origin | France |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dennis, Denis, Denny, Dennie, Denni, Denisa, Nisey |
Denise is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."[1][2]
Feminine variants
- Deneece, Denice, Deniece: English
- Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
- Denise: English, French, Portuguese
- Denisse: English, French
- Deniz: Turkish
- Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English
- Dinisia: Portuguese
- Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English
- Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site)[3]
- 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, 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 (medieval diminutive), Greek (diminutive: Δίων)
- Dionigi: Italian
- Dionise: Romanian
- Dionisije (Дионисије): Serbian
- Dionisio: Italian, Spanish
- Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian
- Dionizy: Polish
- Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek
- Dionýz: Slovak
- Dénes: Hungarian
- Donnchadh: Irish
- Dzianis (Дзяніс): Belarusian
- 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 Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
- Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
- Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
- Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress
- Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
- Denise Stapley (born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist
- Denise Camillia Tan (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
- Denise Marilyn Palacio (born 1976), Belizean Journalist, Television News Writer and News Anchor at PLUSTV BELIZE
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 (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
In sport:
- Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
- Denyse Julien (born 1960), Canadian badminton player
- Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete
- Denise O'Connor (born 1935), American Olympic fencer
- Denise Thienes (born 1966), American basketball
In politics:
- 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 (born 1972), Sammarinese politician
- Denise Campbell (born 1964), American politician from West Virginia
- Denise Daley, 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 (born 1952), American politician
- Denise Phua (born 1959), Singaporean politician
- Denise Poirier-Rivard (born 1941), Canadian politician
- Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Massachusetts
- Denise Robinson, South African politician
- Denise Roche (born 1963), New Zealand politician
- Denise Savoie (born 1943), Canadian politician
- Denise Trudel (born 1955), Canadian politician
- Denise Woollard (born 1946), Canadian politician
In other fields:
- Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
- Denese Becker (born 1973), Guatemalan refugee
- Denise Domenach-Lallich (1924–2020), French resistance member
- Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet
- Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer
- Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
- Denise Weston Austin (1925-1997), Northern Irish zookeeper
Fictional characters:
- Denise, a secondary character on Monica's Gang
- Denise, Phoebe Buffay's roommate in NBC sitcom Friends
- Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
- Denise Best (née Royle), a fictional character on the British sitcom The Royle Family
- Denise Fox, a fictional character on the British soap opera EastEnders
- Denise Hemphill, a fictional character on the satirical black comedy slasher series Scream Queens
- Denise Huxtable, fictional character 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
Nickname
- Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise
See also
- Dennis
- Deniz (given name), pronounced similarly in Turkish
- Marie-Denise
References
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