English

Alternative forms

• Denis
• Denys

Proper noun

Dennis

1. A male given name.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: Act I, Scene I:

     I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!

   • 1944 Mazo de la Roch, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co (1944):

     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!"

2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• Denny
• Denise

Translations

Anagrams

• sinned

Danish

Etymology

From English Dennis in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Dennis

1. 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.

Faroese

Proper noun

Dennis m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Dennis: Dennisarson or Dennisson
• daughter of Dennis: Dennisardóttir or Dennisdóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Dennis

1. A male given name, an English type spelling of Denis.

Related terms

• Denise

Norwegian

Proper noun

Dennis

1. A male given name borrowed from English in the 20th century.

Swedish

Proper noun

Dennis

1. A male given name borrowed from English in the 20th century.