Denise
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Denise is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 96th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Denis; from France, imported via England, now well established in Ireland.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 441(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 489
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 610
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Denise itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #222 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 622 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 441 (inferred from the name graph)
327,824 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Denisa in CZ Czechia, RO Romania.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Feminine form of Denis; from France, imported via England, now well established in Ireland.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Denise counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #96 | 327,824 | 1 in 1K | 327K | Denise | 622 |
| BR Brazil | — | 154,426 | 1 in 1.4K | 169K | — | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | #108 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 610 | listed | Denise | 316 |
| IT Italy | #259 | ≈65,000 est. | ≈1 in 959 | 142 | Denise | 129 |
| CA Canada | #98 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 637 | 1 | Denise | 284 |
| CZ Czechia | #82 | 52,598as Denisa | 1 in 203 | 53K | Denisa | 129 |
| RO Romania | #348 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 549 | — | Denisa | 75 |
| IE Ireland | #64 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 489 | — | Denise | 142 |
| JM Jamaica | #4 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 441 | — | Denise | 29 |
327,824 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; MVČR — living population register 2017; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Denise is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Feminine form of Denis/Dennis; from Greek Dionysos, god of wine/drama.
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In French, Female form of Denis, from Greek Dionysios.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
A feminine form of Denis, originally from France, but presumably imported into Ireland from England in modern times. The name is now well established in Ireland.
as a nameIrish first names
Feminine form of Denis. See also $Dionysia. Delores ° Variant of Dolores, quite common in the United States. Variant: Deloris.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from French, Latin, or Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ève Curieb. 1904FRnot in their usual namewriter, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie (1904–2007)
- Denise Crosbyb. 1957USAmerican actress
- Pamela Andersonb. 1967CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress and model (born 1967)
- Niecy Nashb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Denise Richardsb. 1971USAmerican actress
- Karen Denise Aubertb. 1978USAmerican actress
- Maggie Qb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Denise Quiñonesb. 1980USPuerto Rican actor-model
- Monicab. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and rapper (born 1980)
- Megan Foxb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and model (born 1986)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 119 sources across 66 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 327K | #155 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 169K | #302 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 154K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 154K | #216 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 813 | #155 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 588 | #216 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 404 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 142 | #164 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 123 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 122 | #1,210 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 61 | #1,260 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 7 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Denise mean, and where does it come from?
- Feminine form of Denis; from France, imported via England, now well established in Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Denise a male or female name?
- Denise is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Denise?
- In the etymology graph, Denisse, Dionne and Denice are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Denise have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 328 thousand people named Denise, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled denise.
- How common is the name Denise?
- In the United States, the national register counted 327,824 people named Denise in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Denise compared with other names?
- In the United States, Denise is the 96th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/deniseThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Denise” — the 96th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.