Names Originating From Dionysus
- Dion (also spelled Deion, Deon and Dionne)
- Denise (also spelled Denice, Daniesa, Denese, and Denisse)
- Dennis, Denis or Denys (including the derivative surnames Denison and Dennison), Denny
- Denis (Croatian), Dionis, Dionisie (Romanian)
- Dénes (Hungarian)
- Dionisio/Dyonisio (Spanish), Dionigi (Italian)
- Διονύσιος, Διονύσης, Νιόνιος (Dionysios, Dionysis, Nionios Modern Greek)
- Deniska (diminutive of Russian Denis, itself a derivative of the Greek)
- Dionísio (Portuguese)
- Dionizy (Polish)
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