Denise
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning follower of Dionysus; feminine form of Denis.
How Denise has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #997 |
| 2020 | #875 |
Denise by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Denise. In the US, 215 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 15,378 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Denis
Like Denise, each of these traces back to Denis: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Denise. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Denissefollower of dionysus; a form of Denise111 in the US (2017)
- Dennisefollower of Dionysus; a form of Denise15 in the US (2017)
- Denisafollower of dionysus; a form of denise9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denysedevoted to dionysus; a form of denise7 in the US (2017)
- Denicefollower of dionysus; a form of Denise6 in the US (2017)
- Denine
Sounds like Denise
Names that are said the same way as Denise, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Denise
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