Dennis
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
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[edit]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.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]male given name
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Dennis, from Old French saint's name Denis, from Latin Dionysius.
Proper noun
[edit]Dennis
- a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Dennis in the 20th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Dennis
- a male given name
References
[edit]- [1] 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
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Proper noun
[edit]Dennis m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dennis
Faroese
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[edit]Dennis m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- son of Dennis: Dennisarson or Dennisson
- daughter of Dennis: Dennisardóttir or Dennisdóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Dennis |
Accusative | Dennis |
Dative | Dennisi |
Genitive | Dennisar, Dennis |
German
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Proper noun
[edit]Dennis
- a male given name, an English-type variant of Denis
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[edit]Norwegian
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[edit]Dennis
- a male given name borrowed from English in the 20th century
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Dennis c (genitive Dennis)
- a male given name from English
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