Dennis
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdɛnɪs/
Proper noun
  1. A male given name.
    • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
      : 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. Surname
Related terms Translations
  • French: Denis
  • German: Dennis, Denis
  • Italian: Dionisio
  • Portuguese: Dinis, Diniz (archaic), Dênis (Brazil only)
  • Russian: Дени́с
  • Spanish: Dionisio



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