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Διονύσιος
Διονύσιος (Dĭonū́sĭos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Dennis.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *-yós, built from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος + -ιος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Διονύσιος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Διονύσιος has a later derivative in Denis. In Greek usage, Διονύσιος has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Dennis. In Greek usage, Διονύσιος has a conventional equivalent in the French form Denis.
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Around the world
Διονύσιος has relatives in 17 languages.
17 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- DennisDutch, English
- Denisderivative · French, German
- DenysFrench
- Dionisioderivative · Spanish, Italian
- Dionysiosequivalent
- Dionysiusborrowing · Latin, English
- Denezequivalent
- Денисequivalent
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- Dionisiusequivalent
- Dionísequivalent
- Dionisiiequivalent
- Dionisiyequivalent
- Dinisiderivative · Sicilian
- Діонісійderivative · Ukrainian
- ⲇⲓⲱⲛⲏⲥⲓⲟⲥderivative · Coptic
- Дзянісderivative · Belarusian
- DionizyPolish
- Dinísderivative · Galician
- Dinisderivative · Portuguese
- Dionizijequivalent
- Дионисийequivalent
- DénesHungarian
- DionigiItalian
People named Διονύσιος
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher59 BC–6 BC
- Dionysius ExiguusByzantine saint475–544
- Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteGreek philosopher500–600
- Dionysius the AreopagiteGreek bishop and saint100–100
- Dionysius I of SyracuseGreek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC)430 BC–366 BC
- Dionysius Thraxancient Greek grammarian169 BC–89 BC
- Dionysios SolomosGreek poet (1798–1857)
- Dionysius of AlexandriaHead of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264190–264
- Dionysius II of SyracuseSicilian tyrant396 BC–342 BC
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