Given name & surname

Denís

Denís is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Denís is a romanization of Денис. Денис comes from Ancient Greek.

Explained through its name family

Denís’s family of names

In Galician usage, Denís has a related form in Dinís. In Russian usage, Denís is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Денис. In English usage, Denís as a surname has a related form in DENIZ.

Walk Denís’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Denís has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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