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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Dennis m. Latin Dyonisius, from Greek Διόνυσιος 'of Dionisos'.

The name of a 3rd C saint, the patron of Paris, and a 12th-13th C king of Portugal.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Dyonisii (gen) JeanIII p. 25, Dyonisius (nom) ibid. p. 34
England
Latin
1300 Dyonisius (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 243; 1357 Dionisii (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 23, Dionisio (abl) ibid. no. 23; 1381 Dionis (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 85
1189 Denisel (nom) GASurv p. 140
English
1530 Diones LIWill-III p. 71; 1539 Denys BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1540 Denes ibid. p. 1, Denys ibid. p. 2; 1541 Dennis DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1542 Denys BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1543 Denes ibid. p. 3, Denys ibid. p. 4; 1544 Denys ibid. p. 4; 1547 Denys ibid. p. 6; 1551 Denys ibid. p. 7; 1561 Dennes ibid. p. 11; 1583 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1585 Dennis ibid. p. 11; 1589 Dennis ibid. p. 17; 1590 Dennis bruton-vol1 p. 50; 1591 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 23; 1593 Dennis bruton-vol1 p. 52
Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Nissa Tiik1977 p. 285
France
Latin
1258 Dyonisium (acc) ArrestReg-volI IV, Candlemas; 1301 Dyonisius (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 212; 1304 Dyonisium (acc) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXVI; 1378 Dionisii hanquetvol1 206, Dionisio (dat) ibid. 247, Dyonisius (nom) ibid. 2479
Old French
1296 Denise paris1296 p. 12; 1313 Denise-m Paris1313 p. 73, Denys ibid. p. 26
1296 Denisot paris1296 p. 26
Middle French
1392 Denis MemBret-II col. 602, Denys ibid. col. 608; 1418 Denis HGParis p. 373; 1421 Denis favier 13; 1423 Denis ibid. 383; 1438 Denis ibid. 186; 1588 Denis raymond1588 p. 564
1418 Denisot HGParis p. 374; 1421 Denisot favier 59, Denixost ibid.; 1423 Denisot ibid. 53; 1438 Denisot ibid. 415
Italy
Latin
1527 Dionisij (gen) Rome1527 p. 83, Dionisius (nom) ibid. p. 83
Spain
Catalan
1510 Dionis valencia1510 3287
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Dennis". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Dennis.