Denise Forename
416th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,662,822 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Denise Forename Definition:
A female name. French Denise, Latin Dionysia, f. of Dionysius (see Denis). Denise is probably now always a conscious borrowing from the French and is pronounced in the French manner; but Denis, Denise, with its pet-forms Dennet and Diot, was a common English girl’s name from the 12th C and survived till the end of the 18th C.
Read More About This ForenameDenise Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 627,459 | 1:578 | 107 |
| France | 100% | 231,079 | 1:288 | 80 |
| Brazil | 100% | 163,822 | 1:1,308 | 204 |
| England | 100% | 95,525 | 1:582 | 132 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 81,829 | 1:902 | 180 |
| Canada | 100% | 60,763 | 1:545 | 108 |
| Burundi | 100% | 32,586 | 1:304 | 59 |
| Mozambique | - | 28,319 | 1:962 | 207 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27,299 | 1:421 | 86 |
| South Africa | 100% | 23,775 | 1:2,294 | 398 |
| Benin | 100% | 23,169 | 1:456 | 49 |
| Angola | 100% | 18,220 | 1:1,480 | 304 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17,907 | 1:459 | 93 |
| Australia | - | 17,635 | 1:774 | 176 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17,197 | 1:983 | 214 |
| Haiti | 100% | 17,012 | 1:631 | 87 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16,436 | 1:692 | 153 |
| Germany | 100% | 16,237 | 1:5,954 | 550 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 15,717 | 1:1,375 | 281 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 8,193 | 1:2,243 | 330 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,179 | 1:555 | 128 |
| Ireland | 99% | 7,227 | 1:643 | 135 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6,386 | 1:19,440 | 1,211 |
| Guinea | 100% | 6,223 | 1:1,906 | 245 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,912 | 1:905 | 179 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,728 | 1:654 | 156 |
| Italy | 100% | 4,541 | 1:13,447 | 730 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,114 | 1:701 | 179 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,980 | 1:463 | 114 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,954 | 1:3,439 | 505 |
| Philippines | 86% | 3,896 | 1:27,210 | 2,512 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| Portugal | - | 2,666 | 1:3,905 | 352 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,656 | 1:6,629 | 608 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,229 | 1:611 | 67 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,211 | 1:3,851 | 401 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,927 | 1:5,413 | 784 |
| Togo | - | 1,895 | 1:3,820 | 631 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 1,809 | 1:12,756 | 1,288 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,546 | 1:30,097 | 1,518 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,367 | 1:7,211 | 705 |
| Argentina | 99% | 1,355 | 1:31,567 | 1,146 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,353 | 1:22,322 | 1,819 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,323 | 1:1,424 | 342 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,311 | 1:13,522 | 954 |
| Ghana | - | 1,292 | 1:20,887 | 1,554 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,260 | 1:606 | 53 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,171 | 1:78,481 | 3,868 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,130 | 1:353 | 61 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,121 | 1:62,503 | 6,236 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,075 | 1:525 | 128 |
| Peru | 97% | 987 | 1:32,210 | 2,054 |
| Malta | - | 943 | 1:455 | 104 |
| Mauritius | - | 833 | 1:1,558 | 274 |
| Mali | 100% | 828 | 1:20,505 | 1,464 |
| Congo | 97% | 790 | 1:6,341 | 882 |
| Samoa | - | 776 | 1:252 | 45 |
| Romania | 100% | 735 | 1:27,282 | 1,814 |
| Colombia | 100% | 648 | 1:73,733 | 2,774 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 628 | 1:410,770 | 32,795 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 591 | 1:17,938 | 1,360 |
| Senegal | 98% | 581 | 1:25,097 | 1,359 |
| Denmark | - | 537 | 1:10,520 | 875 |
| Singapore | 100% | 518 | 1:12,137 | 2,541 |
| Barbados | - | 517 | 1:561 | 128 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 513 | 1:59,357 | 4,706 |
| Namibia | - | 509 | 1:4,723 | 704 |
| Nigeria | 62% | 494 | 1:359,442 | 12,583 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 465 | 1:7,635 | 566 |
| Morocco | 100% | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| Panama | 100% | 440 | 1:8,879 | 1,233 |
| Belize | 100% | 400 | 1:886 | 165 |
| Uganda | 78% | 394 | 1:103,952 | 4,672 |
| Hong Kong | - | 369 | 1:21,010 | 2,153 |
| Kenya | 61% | 358 | 1:129,349 | 6,175 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 340 | 1:47,378 | 1,648 |
| China | - | 329 | 1:4,152,145 | 53,295 |
| Costa Rica | 94% | 320 | 1:14,900 | 1,188 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| French Polynesia | - | 313 | 1:888 | 198 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 311 | 1:1,701 | 288 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 311 | 1:49,594 | 4,308 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 295 | 1:337 | 15 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 295 | 1:372 | 38 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 276 | 1:12,419 | 847 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 271 | 1:342 | 50 |
| Liberia | 99% | 262 | 1:16,840 | 1,232 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 239 | 1:1,130 | 252 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Grenada | 100% | 224 | 1:483 | 55 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 224 | 1:32,307 | 1,570 |
| Greece | 100% | 197 | 1:55,505 | 1,871 |
| India | 85% | 184 | 1:6,602,598 | 229,461 |
| Jersey | - | 180 | 1:555 | 134 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 141 | 1:1,261 | 216 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Bermuda | - | 131 | 1:495 | 75 |
| Brunei | - | 127 | 1:3,304 | 336 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 127 | 1:879 | 116 |
| Honduras | 100% | 126 | 1:69,980 | 2,692 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 124 | 1:494 | 68 |
| Finland | 100% | 124 | 1:44,219 | 1,619 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 120 | 1:457 | 54 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 118 | 1:51,003 | 2,462 |
| Norway | 100% | 113 | 1:45,419 | 1,953 |
| Oman | - | 110 | 1:37,352 | 2,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 94 | 1:86,727 | 8,071 |
| Cuba | - | 93 | 1:123,726 | 2,244 |
| El Salvador | - | 93 | 1:68,191 | 1,818 |
| Zambia | - | 93 | 1:170,482 | 6,392 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 90 | 1:79,467 | 6,650 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 89 | 1:1,751 | 430 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 85 | 1:408 | 52 |
| Hungary | 100% | 83 | 1:117,973 | 783 |
| Israel | 93% | 78 | 1:107,730 | 4,523 |
| Japan | - | 78 | 1:1,640,847 | 18,245 |
| Czechia | 100% | 77 | 1:138,392 | 1,333 |
| Turkey | 100% | 73 | 1:1,065,777 | 10,311 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 71 | 1:440 | 37 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Guam | - | 63 | 1:2,550 | 533 |
| Qatar | 88% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 59 | 1:107 | 15 |
| Botswana | - | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 54 | 1:45,533 | 1,974 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 48 | 1:495,202 | 27,983 |
| Guernsey | - | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Croatia | 100% | 44 | 1:95,843 | 2,406 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 41 | 1:4,683 | 770 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 39 | 1:971 | 210 |
| Albania | 100% | 38 | 1:80,173 | 6,076 |
| Monaco | 100% | 38 | 1:1,012 | 207 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 35 | 1:5,553,077 | 51,090 |
| South Korea | - | 25 | 1:221,777 | 8,097 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 23 | 1:576 | 61 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| San Marino | 100% | 18 | 1:1,829 | 276 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Russia | 70% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 13 | 1:179 | 19 |
| Georgia | - | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Niger | 75% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Poland | 84% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Nauru | 50% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Dénise (428), Denisé (72), Denisë (6), Dènise (2), Denisè (1) & Dénisé (2) are calculated separately.
Denise (27,923) may also be a surname.
Denise Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French Denise, Latin Dionysia, f. of Dionysius (see Denis). Denise is probably now always a conscious borrowing from the French and is pronounced in the French manner; but Denis, Denise, with its pet-forms Dennet and Diot, was a common English girl’s name from the 12th C and survived till the end of the 18th C. Lyford 1655 gives Denis as a girl’s name. In Latin records the name appears as Dionysia, and a list of A list of the Roman Catholics in the County of Yorks in 1604 1604 mentions one Dionis Wilden which is presumably a shortened form of Dionysia.
Dionisia Hundred Rolls 1273. Feudal Aids 1303. Dionycia Feudal Aids 1303. Deonysia The Coventry Leet Book 1449. Dionis Yorks Rec 1604. Denote William Langland, Piers Plowman c. 1362.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek (feminine) - Descended from Bacchus.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Of Dionysius.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Denise Forename Popularity
Denise Demographics
Denise Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 130,360 (2014)
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Denise Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Denise in the Russian language | ||
| Денисе | denise | - |
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