Denis is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #5198 in 2020 with 24 recorded births. This places Denis in the top 30% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2008 with 34 births ranking #4476. In 2020, approximately 1 in every 67,313 girls born was named Denis. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Denis is a continental form of Dennis and ultimately comes from a Greek name meaning "devoted to Dionysus". It feels traditional and slightly more European in flavour than Dennis.
The name spread through Christian Europe partly because of Saint Denis, the patron saint of France. That saintly connection helped separate it in feeling from its older pagan root.