Given name

Dennese

Dennese is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Dennese isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dennese through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1955
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01231960198020002025Highest share 19550.0
Dennese in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1955–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dennese’s family of names

Dennese may belong to the same name family as Denese. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Dennese’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

If you love Dennese, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical

Debbie

“bee”

24RareRising

>99% girls

Biblical

Debra

“bee”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

Latin

Delphine

“woman from Delphi; resembling a dolphin”

30RareSteady

>99% girls

French

Denise

“follower of Dionysus”

42UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Latin · Mythological

Diane

Diane is used as a given name and a surname. Diane is connected with Diana.

35RareSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Dinah

“(female) judge” · “judgment”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Gaelic

Doreen

“the golden one” · “a brooding woman”

25RareEasing

>99% girls

French

Cerise

“resembling the cherry”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dennese’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Dennese

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