Given name
Dionizy
“a follower of Dionysus”
Dionizy is a form of Dennis. One French interpretation is “a follower of Dionysus.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original PolishDionizos
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dionizy is a form of Dennis. One French interpretation is “a follower of Dionysus.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
How it developed
In Polish use, Dionizy is used as a form of Dennis. Dionizy is used as a form of Dionysus.
The story
Dionizy is a form of Dionysus. The history of Dionysus gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Dionysus is associated with the god of wine and revelry.
Explained through its name family
Dionizy’s family of names
Dionizy shares a linguistic root with Dennis. In Polish usage, Dionizy has a conventional equivalent in the French form Denis. Dionizy is a form of Dennis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dionizy has relatives in 20 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Dionizy comes from · 2 names
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Dionizosdoublet · Polish
- Dionizjuszdoublet · Polish
- Denniscognate · English
- DenisFrench, Basque
- Dionysusbase name
- DenysFrench
- DionisioItalian, Spanish
- Dionysiosequivalent
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- DionysiusEnglish, German
- Dionísequivalent
- Dionisiyequivalent
- ΔιονύσιοςGreek, gr
- Dionizijequivalent
- Dzyanisequivalent
- Denezequivalent
- Денисequivalent
- DionigiItalian
- DénesHungarian
- ДіонісійUkrainian
- DionýzSlovak
- DionisiSardinian
- DionisieRomanian
- ДионисийRussian
- DinizPortuguese
- DinisPortuguese
- DionísioPortuguese
- דיוניסיוסHebrew
- DenizoEsperanto
- DivišCzech
- ДзянісBelarusian
People named Dionizy
- Dionizas PoškaLithuanian poet, ethnographer, lexicographer and philologist1764–1830
- Dionizy BielańskiPolish pilot killed while attempting to fly over the Czechoslovak Iron Curtain (1939–1975)
- Dionysiusbishop (Zbyruyskyy)1550–1603
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