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.
Dionysius was sometimes used as a latinization or anglicization of Irish Donnchad (cf. Duncan).
- Belgium
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- Middle Dutch
- ● 1376 Denijs (nom) RSG1376-89 p. 1;
1377 Denijs (nom) ibid. p. 78
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Dyonisii (gen) JeanIII p. 25,
Dyonisius (nom) ibid. p. 34
- Croatia
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- Latin
- ● 1544 Dyanes Brgles p. 6, fn. 18
- England
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- 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
- Dutch
- ● 1577 Dionijs AuFr Blanck;
1578 Dionijs ibid. Blancke;
1582 Dionijsius ibid. Blanck,
Dionysius ibid. Blanck;
1585 Denijs ibid. Blancq;
1588 Dionisius ibid. Blanc;
1596 Dionysius ibid. Boombinder;
1597 Denijs ibid. Bertholomeus;
1599 Denijs ibid. Bartholomeus
- Early Modern 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
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Nissa Tiik1977 p. 285,
Thio ibid. p. 285
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1582 Denisnlij Audén1980 p. 171,
Denisze ibid. p. 171
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1258 Dyonisium (acc) ArrestReg-volI IV, Candlemas;
1301 Dyonisius (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 212;
1304 Dyonisium (acc) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXVI;
1378 Dionisii (gen) hanquetvol1 206,
Dionisio (dat) ibid. 247,
Dyonisius (nom) ibid. 2479
- Old French
- ● 1292 Denyse 1292paris p. 2;
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;
1455 Denys HRAVP-3 p. 353;
1493 Denis MSR1838 p. 379;
1561 Denys RegPCC-1 p. 5;
1562 Denys ibid. p. 10;
1563 Denis ibid. p. 22,
Denys ibid. p. 18;
1564 Denys ibid. p. 56;
1565 Denis ibid. p. 172,
Denys ibid. p. 115;
1566 Denis ibid. p. 219,
Denys ibid. p. 198;
1567 Denys ibid. p. 289;
1568 Denys ibid. p. 363;
1570 Denys ibid. p. 426;
1571 Denys ibid. p. 437;
1588 Denis raymond1588 p. 564
- ◑ 1418 Denisot HGParis p. 374;
1421 Denisot favier 59,
Denixost ibid.;
1423 Denisot ibid. 53;
1438 Denisot ibid. 415
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1351 Dionisio (abl) CDH-IX-II III,
Diyonisio (abl) ibid. III,
Dyonisio (abl) ibid. I
- Ireland
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1540 Dionysius Fiants-1 110
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1235 Dionisii (gen) TirNot1 5,
Dionisium (acc) ibid. 5;
1527 Dionisij (gen) Rome1527 p. 83,
Dionisius (nom) ibid. p. 83
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1576 Denys NHG-Middelburg p. 69
- Portugal
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- Latin
- ● 1269 Dyonisium (acc) PHGCRP-I no. 11,
Dyonisius (nom) ibid. no. 11
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Dionis valencia1510 3287
- Spanish
- ● 1575 Dionisio Catalogo-5.2 3812
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 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Dennis.