Denis
Meaning
variant of Dennis, follower of Dionysus
Denis's name family
One shared root links 4 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Greek Dionysios "devoted to Dionysus", carried west as Saint Denis of Paris
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Denis peaked in the 1930s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
67,482 people · the #456 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 3,012 · median age 34
Among people named Denis living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 944 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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