DENIS male French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS. Saint Denis was a 3rd-century missionary to Gaul and the first bishop of Paris. He was martyred by decapitation, after which legend says he picked up his own severed head and walked for a distance while preaching a sermon. He is credited with converting the Gauls to Christianity and is considered the patron saint of France.This name was common in France during the Middle Ages, and it was imported by the Normans to England. It is now regularly spelled Dennis in the English-speaking world. A notable bearer was the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784). | ||||||||||||||||||||
DIONYSIUS male Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin form of DIONYSIOS. Dionysius the Areopagite, who is mentioned in the New Testament, was a judge converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. This was also the name of many other early saints, including a 3rd-century pope. | ||||||||||||||||||||
DIONYSIOS male Greek, Ancient Greek 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
ZEUS male Greek Mythology The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyeus whose name probably meant "shine" or "sky". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT GREEK: Dionysios, Dionysius |
BIBLICAL: Dionysius |
CROATIAN: Denis |
CZECH: Denis |
DUTCH: Dennis |
ENGLISH: Denis, Dennis |
FRENCH: Denis |
GERMAN: Denis, Dennis |
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Dionysos |
GREEK: Dionysios |
HUNGARIAN: Dénes |
ITALIAN: Dionisio |
PORTUGUESE: Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio |
ROMANIAN: Denis, Dionisie |
RUSSIAN: Denis |
SLOVAK: Denis, Dionýz |
SLOVENE: Denis |
SPANISH: Dionisio |
UKRAINIAN: Denys |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Deion, Deon |
ANCIENT GREEK: Dion |
ENGLISH: Den, Denny, Deon, Dion |
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Tenney |
FEMININE FORMS |
CZECH: Denisa |
DUTCH: Denise |
ENGLISH: Denice, Deniece, Denise, Deonne, Dione, Dionne |
FRENCH: Denise |
LATE ROMAN: Dionysia |
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Dionisia, Diot, Dye |
ROMANIAN: Denisa |
SLOVAK: Denisa |
OTHER FORMS |
ENGLISH: Dwight, Dyson, Tennyson, Ty, Tyson |