Given name & surname
Denisa
“follower of Dionysus”
Denisa is a variant of Denise. In French use, Denise carries the interpretation “follower of Dionysus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Denisa is a variant of Denise. In French use, Denise carries the interpretation “follower of Dionysus.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Denisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 994
- 0 boys · 994 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,588 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Denisa’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Denisa has a diminutive in DENISKA. Denisa has a related form in Denise. In English usage, Denisa has a conventional equivalent in the German form Denise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Denisa has relatives in 8 languages.
4 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Denisa
- Denisa ŠátralováCzech female tennis playerborn 1993
- Denisa BaránkováSlovak archer (2001-2026)
- Denisa HelceletováCzech athleteborn 1986
- Denisa ChládkováCzech female tennis playerborn 1979
- Denisa SakováSlovak politician, Minister of the Interior of Slovakiaborn 1976
- Denisa DeduRomanian handball playerborn 1994
- Denisa TîlvescuRomanian rowerborn 1996
- Denisa DvořákováCzech modelborn 1989
- Denisa KřížováCzech ice hockey player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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