Dennis

French from Greek, vernacular form of Dionysius

"god of Nysa"

Dennis Origin and Meaning

Variation of Denny

Dennis Rank in US Top 1000

# 708 in the US

Dennis Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 578 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Dennis

• 708 US 2024
• 578 Nameberry 2025
• 866 Future 2028
• 454 England 2024
• 191 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Dennis

• (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

The name 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"

International Variations of the name Dennis

• Denya Russian
• Dennes Eastern European
• Denes French
• Dunixi Basque
• Deniskov Russian
• Dionizy Polish
• Dion French
• Denys French
• Denis French
• Deniss French
• Denijs French
• Dénes Hungarian
• Dinis Portuguese
• Dione French
• Denka Russian
• Denney French