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Dennis

OriginFrench from Greek, vernacular form of Dionysius
Meaning"god of Nysa"
GenderBoy
US Rank#707

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NB Rank#598

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Famous Denniss

  • (John) Dennis Hastert

    51st U.S. Speaker of the House

  • Dennis William Quaid

    American actor

  • Dennis Christopher

    American actor

  • Dennis Lee Hopper

    American actor

  • Dennis Franz

    American actor

  • Dennis Carl Wilson

    American musician of The Beach Boys

  • Dennis John Kucinich

    U.S. Congressman from Ohio

  • Dennis Miller

    American comedian

  • Dennis Dexter Haysbert

    American actor

  • Dennis Keith Rodman

    American basketball player

  • Dennis Leroy Springer

    American baseball player

  • Dennis Gregory Pitta

    American football player

  • Dennis Marvin Seidenberg

    German NHL Hockey player

  • Dennis William Sciama

    British physicist

  • Dennis Gabor

    Hungarian,British engineer; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Dennis O'Neil

    American comic book writer and editor

Dennis in pop culture

  • Dennis Mitchell

    main character in the Dennis the Menace comic and series

  • Dennis Creevey

    character in the Harry Potter series

  • Dennis Finch

    character in "Just Shoot Me!"

  • Dennis Cahill

    from movie "Executive Decision"

  • Dennis Reynolds

    character on TV's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

  • Dennis

    character on TV's "Psych"

  • Dennis

    the goldfish of Stanley Griff on animated TV series "Stanley"

  • Dennis Loughran

    aka Denisovich, character in Hotel Transylvania 2

  • Dennis Nedry

    character in film Jurassic Park

  • Dennis the Hitman

    minor character from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

  • Dennis the Locomotive

    minor character on animated series Thomas and Friends

  • Dennis

    character in video game Far Cry 3

  • Dennis the Peasant

    minor character in film Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  • Dennis Lawrence Chan

    character on animated series Kid vs. Kat

  • Dennis Duffy

    a minor character on TV's 30 Rock

  • "Phantom Dennis"

    Cordelia Chase's deceased roommate on TV's Angel

  • Dennis van Rita

    character in the 2006 film Love Belongs to Everyone

  • Dennis O'Bannon

    a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "Welcome To The Wayne"

Variations & nicknames

  • DenyaRussian
  • DennesEastern European
  • DenesFrench
  • DunixiBasque
  • DeniskovRussian
  • DionizyPolish
  • DionFrench
  • DenysFrench
  • DenisFrench
  • DenissFrench
  • DenijsFrench
  • DénesHungarian
  • DinisPortuguese
  • DioneFrench
  • DenkaRussian
  • DenneyFrench

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