Meaning & History
Greek personal name derived from the name of the Greek god Dionysos. Famous bearers include two early tyrants of Syracuse and a 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician.
Related Names
VariantDionysius(Ancient Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesDenis(Albanian) Dzianis(Belarusian) Dionysius(Biblical) Denis(Croatian) Denis(Czech) Dennis(Dutch) Denis, Dennis, Den, Denny(English) Denis(French) Denis, Dennis(German) Dénes(Hungarian) Dionisio, Dionigi(Italian) Deniss(Latvian) Tenney(Medieval English) Dionizy(Polish) Dinis, Dionísio, Diniz(Portuguese) Dênis(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Denis, Dionisie(Romanian) Denis(Russian) Denis, Dionýz(Slovak) Denis(Slovene) Dionisio(Spanish) Denys(Ukrainian)
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Διονύσιος.
