Denise (given name)
{{Other uses|Denise (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Denise
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|n|iː|s}} {{respell|də|NES}} or
{{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|n|iː|z}} {{respell|də|NEEZ}}
| gender = Female
| meaning = to be devoted to Bacchus
| region = France
| origin = Greek / Roman mythology
| related names = Dennis, Denis, Denny, Dennie, Denni, Denisa, Nisey
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Denise, with several spelling variations, is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus."{{cite web | url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Deniase |title=Denisse| accessdate=2009-01-08}}{{cite web | url=http://www.biblical-baby-names.com/meaning-of-denise.html |title=baby name meaning, origin, and description of Biblical character| accessdate=2009-01-08}}
Feminine variants
- Deneece, Denice, Deniece, Denyse: English
- Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
- Denise: English, French, Portuguese
- Denisse: English, French
- Deniz: Turkish
- Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English
- Dinisia: Portuguese
- Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English
- Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site){{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Le quartier |url=http://www.yernawe.be/quartier1.htm#denise%7Cinscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403033252/http://www.yernawe.be/quartier1.htm#denise%7Cinscription |archive-date=3 April 2009 |website=Comité des Fêtes de Yernawe |via=Internet Archive}}
- Dionísia: Portuguese
- Dionisia: Middle English, Italian, Spanish
- Dionizja: Polish
- Dionysia: Greek (Διονυσία), Latin, Middle English
- Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota: Middle English
Masculine variants
- Dénes: Hungarian
- Denis: English, French, German, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Czech, Russian (Денис), Serbo-Croatian (also Денис)
- Denijs: Middle Dutch
- Deniz: Turkish language
- Dêniz: Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Dennis: English, Dutch, German, Norwegian
- Denny: English
- Denys (Денис): Ukrainian
- Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio: Portuguese
- Dion: English, French (medieval diminutive), Greek (diminutive: Δίων)
- Dionigi: Italian
- Dionise: Romanian
- Dionisije (Дионисије): Serbian
- Dionisio: Italian, Spanish
- Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian
- Dionizy: Polish
- Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek
- Dionýz: Slovak
- Dénes: Hungarian
- Donnchadh: Irish
- Dzianis (Дзяніс): Belarusian
- Genis (Генис): Udmurt
Notable people named Denise
= In television and film =
- Denise Alexander (born 1939), American actress
- Denise Barbacena (born 1994), Filipina actress, singer and comedienne
- Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright
- Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress
- Denise Dowse (1958–2022), American actress and director
- Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian
- Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
- Denise Joaquin, Filipina actress
- Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
- Denise Laurel (born 1987), Filipina actress and singer
- Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
- Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress
- Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
- Denise Stapley (born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist
- Denise Camillia Tan (born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress
- Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
- Denise Welch (born 1958), English actress and television presenter
- Denise Nicholas (born 1944), American actress, author, and activist
= In music =
- Denise Ho (born 1977), singer from Hong Kong
- Denise Lor (1929–2015), American singer
- Denise Pearson (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
= Sportspeople =
- Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
- Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete
- Denise O'Connor (born 1935), American Olympic fencer
= Politicians =
- Denise Allen (1953–2022), Australian politician
- Denise Andrews (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts
- Denise Apt (1929–2014), American politician from Kansas
- Denise Bastide (1916–1952), French politician
- Denise Batters (born 1970), Canadian politician
- Denise Baum, American politician from Montana
- Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1969), Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi
- Denise Brewer (born 1966), American politician from Oklahoma
- Denise Bronzetti (born 1972), Sammarinese politician
- Denise Campbell (born 1964), American politician from West Virginia
- Denise Daley, Jamaican politician
- Denise Dittrich (born 1957), American politician from Minnesota
- Denise Driehaus (born 1963), American politician from Ohio
- Denise Everhart (born 1954), American politician from Kansas
- Denise Frossard (born 1950), Brazilian politician
- Denise Garner (born 1956), American politician from Arkansas
- Denise George, U.S. Virgin Islands politician
- Denise Harlow, American politician from Maine
- Denise Leblanc-Bantey, Canadian politician
- Denise Lee (born 1970), New Zealand politician
- Denise Loop (born 1994), German politician
- Denise Majette (born 1955), American politician from Georgia
- Denise Mentzer, American politician from Michigan
- Denise Merrill (born 1948), American politician from Connecticut
- Denise Mitchell (born 1976), Irish politician
- Denise Moreno Ducheny (born 1952), American politician
- Denise Phua (born 1959), Singaporean politician
- Denise Poirier-Rivard (born 1941), Canadian politician
- Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Massachusetts
- Denise Robinson, South African politician
- Denise Roche (born 1963), New Zealand politician
- Denise Savoie (born 1943), Canadian politician
- Denise Sinankwa, Burundian politician
- Denise Trudel (born 1955), Canadian politician
- Denise Villalobos, American politician
- Denise Woollard (born 1946), Canadian politician
= In other fields =
- Denise Austin (born 1957), American fitness expert
- Denise Domenach-Lallich (1924–2020), French resistance member
- Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet
- Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer
- Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
- Denise Weston Austin (1925–1997), Northern Irish zookeeper
Deneice
- Deniece Williams (born 1951), American singer
Denese
- Denese Becker (born 1937), Guatemalan survivor of the Rio Negro massacre
- Denese Oates (born 1955), Australian sculptor
Denyce
- Denyce Graves (born 1964), American opera singer
- Denyce Lawton (born 1978), American actress and model
Denyse
- {{See|Denyse}}
Fictional characters
- Denise, a secondary character on Monica's Gang
- Denise, Phoebe Buffay's roommate in NBC sitcom Friends
- Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
- Denise Best (née Royle), on the British sitcom The Royle Family
- Denise Fox, on the British soap opera EastEnders
- Denise Hemphill, on the satirical black comedy slasher series Scream Queens
- Denise Huxtable, on the sitcom The Cosby Show and its spin-off A Different World
- Denise Prime, French name for Dilys Price, fictional character on the animated series Fireman Sam
- Denise, a localized name for Kurama, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)
Nickname
- Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II, with SOE F codename Denise
See also
- Dennis
- Deniz (given name), pronounced similarly in Turkish
- Marie-Denise