Denise (given name)

Denise

Pronunciation	/dəˈniːs/ də-NEES or /dəˈniːz/ də-NEEZ
Gender	feminine/masculine
Origin
Word/name	Greek / Roman mythology
Meaning	to be devoted to Bacchus
Region of origin	France
Other names
Related names	Dennis

Denise is a female given name. It is one of the female forms of the name Dennis. The name Denise is said to be of French origin. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."

Feminine variants

• Deni English
• Denny English
• Deneece English
• Denice English
• Deniece English
• Deny English
• Dennis English
• Denis Middle English
• Deniz Turkish language
• Denisa Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
• Denise English, French, Portuguese
• Denisse English, French
• Διονυσία (Dionysia) Greek
• 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
• Dionizja Polish
• Dionycia Middle English
• Dionysia Latin, Middle English
• Diot Middle English
• Diota Middle English
• Dye Middle English
• Dyonese Middle English
• Dyonisia Middle English
• Dyonisya Middle English
• Dyot Middle English
• Dyota Middle English

Masculine variants

• Deniz Turkish language
• Dénes Hungarian
• Denis Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
• Денис (Denis) Russian
• Dennis Dutch, English, German
• Denny English
• Denijs Middle Dutch
• Denys Ukrainian
• Dinis Portuguese
• Diniz Portuguese
• Dionigi Italian
• Dionise Romanian
• Dionísio Portuguese
• Dionisio Italian, Spanish
• Dionizy Polish
• Διονύσιος (Dionysios) Greek
• Дионисије (Dionisije) Serbian
• Dionýz Slovak

Denise can refer to:

Notable bearers

In television and film:

• Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress
• Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian, and her self-titled show Denise
• Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
• Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
• Denise Richards (born 1971), American 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

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

In other fields:

• Denese Becker (born 1973), Guatemalan refugee
• Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
• Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet
• Denise Moreno Ducheny (born 1952), American politician
• Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer
• Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico

Fictional characters:

• Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
• Denise Huxtable, fictional character on the sitcom The Cosby Show and its spin-off A Different World

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