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Dionysios
Say it: dhee-oh-NEE-see-os
Meaning
Greek 'of Dionysus', the god of wine.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 59 babies given this name since 1972
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 213,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dionysis, Nionios
| Hungarian | Dénes |
|---|---|
| English | Dennis |
Famous bearers
- Dionysios Solomos, national poet of Greece
- Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.