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Dennis

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Dennis ♂ Vernacular English form, based on French Denis, of the Greek name Dionysios, Late Latin Dionisius, which was borne by several early Christian saints, including St Denis, a 3rd-century evangelist who converted the Gauls and became a patron saint of Paris. It was on his account that the name was popular in France and was adopted by the Normans. In classical times, the name was an adjective denoting a devotee of the god Dionysos, a relatively late introduction to the classical pantheon; his orgiastic cult seems to have originated in Persia or elsewhere in Asia.

Variant: Denis, Denys.
Short form: Den.
Pet form: Denny.
Cognates: French: Denis. Spanish, Portuguese: Dionisio. Russian: Denis. Polish: Dionizy. Hungarian: Dénes.

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Dennis

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Dennis, in Dickens's Barnaby Rudge, the hangman and one of the leaders of the no-Popery riots.

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Dennis

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Dennis •anise, Janice •Daphnis • Agnes •harness, Kiwanis •Dennis, Ennis, Glenys, menace, tennis, Venice •feyness, gayness, greyness (US grayness) •finis, penis •Glynis, Innes, pinnace •Widnes • bigness • lychnis • illness •dimness • hipness •fitness, witness •Erinys • iciness •dryness, flyness, shyness, slyness, wryness •cornice •Adonis, Clones, Issigonis •coyness •Eunice, Tunis •Bernice, furnace •Thespis • precipice • coppice • hospice •auspice • Serapis

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	Dennis expects success again.(Sports Extra) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/26/2004
	St. Dennis of the bleachers.(Home Plate)(Dennis Bowler)(In memoriam) Magazine article from: The American Conservative; 7/1/2010
	DENNIS AT FIFTY; The original Menace to society celebrates half a century of... Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/13/2001