# Dennis
## English
### Alternative forms

* Denis, Denys

### Etymology

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysus".

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛnɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnɪs

### Proper noun

Dennis
* A male given name from Ancient Greek.
** c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!
** 1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co:Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed. "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!"
* A surname originating as a patronymic.
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
** An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
** An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
** A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
** A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
** A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
** A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
** A town in Parker County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
* A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.

#### Derived terms

* Coln St Dennis
* St Dennis

#### Related terms

* Denny
* Denise
* Dionysus, Dionysos
* Tennyson

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Sinden, ends in, insend, send in, sendin', sinned

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Dennis, from Old French saint's name Denis, from Latin Dionysius.

### Proper noun

Dennis
* a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]

## Danish
### Etymology

From English Dennis in the 20th century.

### Proper noun

Dennis
* a male given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 12 845 males with the given name Dennis have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Dennis m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Dennis m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Dennis: Dennisarson or Dennisson
* daughter of Dennis: Dennisardóttir or Dennisdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Dennis
* a male given name, an English-type variant of Denis

#### Related terms

* Denise

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Dennis
* a male given name borrowed from English in the 20th century

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Dennis in the 20th century, from Old French Denis, from Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dionū́sios), from Δῐόνῡσος (Diónūsos) + -ῐος (-ios, “belonging to”), hence meaning follower of Dionysus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Dennis c (genitive Dennis)
* a male given name from English

### References

* Dennis in Nomina | Historiska museet.