Gender Masculine
Scripts Διονύσιος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Latin form of Dionysios. Dionysius the Areopagite, who is mentioned in the New Testament, was a judge converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. This was also the name of many other early saints, including a 3rd-century pope.

Related Names

RootsZeus + Nysa
Feminine FormDionysia(Ancient Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesDenis(Albanian) Dzianis(Belarusian) Denis(Croatian) Denis(Czech) Dennis(Dutch) Denis, Dennis, Den, Denny(English) Denis(French) Denis, Dennis(German) Dionysios(Greek) Dénes(Hungarian) Dionisio, Dionigi(Italian) Deniss(Latvian) Tenney(Medieval English) Dionizy(Polish) Dinis, Dionísio, Diniz(Portuguese) Dênis(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Denis, Dionisie(Romanian) Denis(Russian) Denis, Dionýz(Slovak) Denis(Slovene) Dionisio(Spanish) Denys(Ukrainian)

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Name Days

Denmark: October 9

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Entry updated May 29, 2020