Dennis

Dionysius was sometimes used as a latinization or anglicization of Irish Donnchad (cf. Duncan). The vernacular English form Dynys and Dyonys are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Dynysmañ (WRYPT1 p. 146) and Dyonysmañ (WRYPT1 p. 130).

Belgium

Middle Dutch: ● 1376 Denijs (nom) RSG1376-89 p. 1; 1377 Denijs (nom) ibid. p. 78
Dutch: ● 1597x1598 Denys BoonenGes p. 335, Dionys ibid. p. 333

Brabant

Latin: ● 1312 Dyonisii (gen) JeanIII p. 25, Dyonisius (nom) ibid. p. 34

Croatia

Latin: ● 1544 Dyanes Brgles p. 6, fn. 18
Croatian: ● 1597 Dyanes Susedgrad1597 p. 30

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1376 Dionysius (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 31

Denmark

Danish: ● 1581 Dioniss KD-1 no. 362

England

Latin: ● 1300 Dyonisius (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 243; 1357 Dionisii (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 23, Dionisio (abl) ibid. no. 23; 1379 Dionisius (nom) WRYPT1 p. 3; 1381 Dionis (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 85; ◑ 1189 Denisel (nom) GASurv p. 140
Dutch: ● 1571 Denijs AuFr Valkaerts; 1573 Denijs ibid. Spurckels, Denis ibid. Valckaert; 1574 Denijs ibid. Spurckels; 1575 Denijs ibid. Valckaert; 1576 Denijs ibid. Valckaert; 1577 Denijs ibid. Spurckels, Dionijs ibid. Blanck; 1578 Dionijs ibid. Blancke; 1579 Dionijs ibid. Valckardtz; 1580 Dionijs ibid. Mont; 1581 Denijs ibid. Valckaert, Denys ibid. Mont; 1582 Dionijsius ibid. Blanck, Dionysius ibid. Blanck; 1585 Denijs ibid. Blancq; 1588 Dionisius ibid. Blanc; 1591 Denijs ibid. Souwijn; 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; 1564 Denys ibid. p. 13; 1583 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1584 Denis SurMus p. 189; 1585 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 11; 1586/7 Dynes RegPat p. 36; 1589 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 17; 1590 Dennis bruton1 p. 50; 1591 Dennis DEmar-vol2 p. 23; 1591/2 Dynas RegPat p. 39; 1593 Dennis bruton1 p. 52; 1596 Dynis RegPat p. 41
Middle French: ● 1569 Denis WCS p. 5; 1570 denis ibid. p. 6; 1572 denis ibid. p. 7; 1573 denis ibid. p. 9; 1574 denis ibid. p. 9; 1575 denis ibid. p. 42; 1576 denis ibid. p. 12; 1577 denis ibid. p. 13; 1578 denis ibid. p. 44; 1579 Denis ibid. p. 44; 1580 denis ibid. p. 15; 1588 Denis ibid. p. 48; 1589 Denis ibid. p. 48; 1598 Denis ibid. p. 106
Walloon: ● 1581/2 Denis RWC p. 4; 1581 Dennis ibid. p. 3; 1582/3 Denis ibid. p. 5; 1583 Denis ibid. p. 7; 1590 Denis ibid. p. 14; 1590/1 Denys ibid. p. 16; 1591 Denis ibid. p. 18; 1592 Denis ibid. p. 23; 1593 Denis ibid. p. 28

Estonia

Middle Low German: ◑ 1592 Nissa Tiik1977 p. 285, Thio ibid. p. 285

Finland

Early Modern Swedish: ● 1582 Denisnlij Audén1980 p. 171, Denisze ibid. p. 171

France

Latin: ● 1258 Dyonisium (acc) ArrestReg-volI IV, Candlemas; 1267 Dyonisii (gen) NDParisII 2-XXI; 1268 Dionisii (gen) ibid. 2-V, Dyonisii (gen) ibid. 2-V; 1269 Dionisii (gen) ibid. 2-III; 1278 Dyonisii (gen) ibid. 1-XLIX; 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: ● 1291 Dyonis (nom) StOuen p. 22; 1292 Denise (obl) MemBret-I 1102, Denyse 1292paris p. 2; 1296 Denise paris1296 p. 12; 1298 Denise (obl) HistHdVParis p. 141; 1299 Denise (obl) ibid. p. 147, Denize (obl) ibid. p. 146; 1313 Denise-m Paris1313 p. 73, Denys ibid. p. 26; ◑ 1292 Denisot (obl) MemBret-I 1102; 1296 Denisot paris1296 p. 26
Middle French: ● 1365 Denis ActsCharlesV no. 214; 1392 Denis MemBret-II col. 602, Denys ibid. col. 608; 1418 Deni DdB1418 p. 201, Denis ibid. p. 196, HGParis p. 373, Denys DdB1418 p. 198; 1421 Denis favier 13; 1423 Denis ibid. 383; 1438 Denis ibid. 186; 1440 Denis Laroche no. 5; 1455 Denys HRAVP-3 p. 353; 1477–1478 Denis Laroche no. 4; 1479 Denis ibid. no. 2; 1493 Denis MSR1838 p. 379; 1504 Denis HistHdVParis no. 6; 1533 Denis ibid. no. 8; 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 Denis ibid. p. 466, Denys ibid. p. 437; 1587 Denis RTFProvins 9; 1588 Denis raymond1588 p. 564; ◑ 1418 Deniset DdB1418 p. 202, Denisot ibid. p. 198, HGParis p. 374; 1421 Denisot favier 59, Denixost ibid.; 1423 Denisot ibid. 53; 1438 Denisot ibid. 415

Hungary

Latin: ● 1351 Dionisio (abl) CDH-IX-II III, Diyonisio (abl) ibid. III, Dyonisio (abl) ibid. I

Ireland

Latin: ● 1435 Dionisio (dat) RegOct 122, Dionisius (nom) ibid. 68; 1497 Dionisium (acc) ibid. 38
Early Modern English: ● 1540 Dionysius Fiants-1 110

Italy

Latin: ● 1235 Dionisii (gen) TirNot1 5, Dionisium (acc) ibid. 5; 1527 Dionisij (gen) Rome1527 p. 83, Dionisius (nom) ibid. p. 83

The Netherlands

Dutch: ● 1576 Denys NHG-Middelburg p. 69

Portugal

Latin: ● 1269 Dyonisium (acc) PHGCRP-I no. 11, Dyonisius (nom) ibid. no. 11

Spain

Catalan: ● 1510 Dionis valencia1510 3287
Spanish: ● 1575 Dionisio Catalogo-5.2 3812

Cite as: A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Dennis". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Dennis.