Denis

Where Denis comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Denis.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Denis through the years
  1. 1713
    Denis Diderot born
    French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1952
    Peak, #277
    618 babies named Denis, the most in any year.
  4. 1955
    Denis Mukwege born
    Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #455.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, a mostly British and Irish spelling variant of Dennis.
Namesakes
  • Denis Diderot · French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist, 1713–1784
  • Denis Mukwege · Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, born 1955
  • Denis Sassou-Nguesso · President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992; 1997–present), born 1943
  • Denis Villeneuve · Canadian film director and screenwriter, born 1967
  • Denis Cheryshev · Russian footballer, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.