Denyse

given name · Latin script

A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: St Kitts & Nevis, 2026

/dẽjsɛ/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated

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Denyse is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • CACanada≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KNSt. Kitts & Nevis≈1 in 42K
  • GDGrenada≈1 in 61K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,625 people, 2020

Record sources
253 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Denyse 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.

Where Denyse is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,6251 in 205K1.6KDenyse253
CA Canada≈1,200 est.≈1 in 35K—Denyse97
BR Brazil6341 in 334K634—2
GB United Kingdom≈590 est.≈1 in 118K—Denyse87
FR France≈470 est.≈1 in 145K1.4K—3
SG Singapore≈79 est.≈1 in 76K—Denyse19
NZ New Zealand≈64 est.≈1 in 83K—Denyse24
GD Grenada≈2 est.≈1 in 61K5—2
KN St. Kitts & Nevis≈1 est.≈1 in 42K3—3

1,625 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; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. 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 names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Denyse is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Denysè, Denýse, Dëňýse

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, United States, Italy

    Also written Dényse

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
190019502000Denyse Clairouin, b. 1900Monique Pelletier, b. 1926Denyse Alexander, b. 1931Denyse Benoît, b. 1949Denyse Baillargeon, b. 1954Denyse Woods, b. 1958Denyse Julien, b. 1960Denyse Thomasos, b. 1964Denyse Floreano, b. 1976Denyse Tontz, b. 1994

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).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Denyse,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

32 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Denyse
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.6K#8,800
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)19541.4K#715
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022634—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—632#11,352
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010587—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000497—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990351—
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—336#9,822
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—324#18,806
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980209—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1970153—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1990146—

Reference works 2

  • 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

How do you pronounce Denyse?
It depends on the language: in Portuguese /dẽjsɛ/; in Spanish /denʝse/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Denyse a male or female name?
Denyse is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 1954) and Brazil (IBGE, 2022).
In which country does Denyse have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Denyse, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled denyse.
How common is the name Denyse?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,625 people named Denyse in 2020, about 1 in 205 thousand residents.

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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, “Denyse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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