Dionysus - Names Originating From Dionysus

Names Originating From Dionysus

  • Dion (also spelled Deion, Deon and Dionne)
  • Denise (also spelled Denice, Daniesa, Denese, and Denisse)
  • Dennis, Denis or Denys (including the derivative surnames Denison and Dennison), Denny
  • Denis (Croatian), Dionis, Dionisie (Romanian)
  • Dénes (Hungarian)
  • Dionisio/Dyonisio (Spanish), Dionigi (Italian)
  • Διονύσιος, Διονύσης, Νιόνιος (Dionysios, Dionysis, Nionios Modern Greek)
  • Deniska (diminutive of Russian Denis, itself a derivative of the Greek)
  • Dionísio (Portuguese)
  • Dionizy (Polish)

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