The first name Denys

Denys last appeared in the official list in 2024, given to 7 boys.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Denys with other names.

In 2025, 9 boys born in the United States were named Denys, the 8,421st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1988, when 19 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Denys Arcand
  Canadian film director, born 1941
• Denys Calvaert
  Flemish-Italian painter (1540-1619)
• Denys de La Patellière
  French film director and scriptwriter (1921–2013)
• Denys Popov
  Association football player (1999-)
• Denys Berinchyk
  Amateur World Championship runner-up, Ukrainian Boxer, born 1988
• Denys Lasdun
  British architect (1914–2001)
• Denys Kulakov
  Footballer, born 1986
• Denys Finch Hatton
  British aristocrat (1887-1931)
• Denys Holaydo
  Footballer, born 1984
• Denys Kozhanov
  Footballer, born 1987
• Denys Cochin
  French writer and Catholic right-wing politician (1851-1922)
• Denys Williams
  Acting Governor-general of Barbados, 1929–2014

• Alexis
• Phoenix
• Cleo
• Nicola
• Dorian
• Nikita
• Stacy
• Artemis
• Salome
• Hieronymus
• Dione

All 347 names of Greek origin

What is the origin of the name Denys?

Denys comes from Greek.

How popular is the name Denys?

In 2024, 7 boys born in England and Wales were named Denys, ranking 2,921st.

Is Denys a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 641 US babies named Denys since 1880, 66% were girls and 34% boys.

When was Denys most popular?

1988 in the United States, when 19 babies were named Denys, its highest rank at 4,528th.

What name is Denys a form of?

Denys is a form of Denis.