Denise (given name)

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

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Feminine variants

Deni English
Denny English
Deneece English
Denice English
Deniece English
Deny English
Dennis English
Denis Middle English
Denisa Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
Denise English, French, Portuguese
Denisse English, French
???????? (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
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

Maps Denise (given name)

Masculine variants

Den English
Dénes Hungarian
Denis Czech, English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
????? (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
????????? (Dionysios) Greek
????????? (Dionisije) Serbian
Dionýz Slovak

Denise can refer to:

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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 Nickerson, American former actress
Denise O'Connor, American Olympic fencer
Denise Richards, American actress
Denyse Tontz, American actress, model, and singer
Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter
Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other

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 Darbeau, American woman responsible for causing a violent attack in October 2011 inside a McDonald's in Greenwich Village, near New York City
Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
Denyse Julien, badminton player
Denise Levertov, poet
Denise Lewis, British heptathlete
Denise Moreno Ducheny, American politician
Denise Quiñones, Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico