Meanings
- A female given name.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hankins had as house guests last week, […] Miss Denisa Lee, of Birmingham, Ala.; […]
1932 June 17, “Bethlehem”, in E. Russell McClure, editor, Henry County Local, volume LIV, number 24, New Castle, Ky.: Henry County Local Co., →OCLC, page 7, column 12 more examples
In the picture at the right are Mrs. Dennis Petty and her seven-months-old, blue-eyed daughter, Denisa, of Wewoka, Okla., who with Mr. Petty are visiting her sister, Mrs. Francis E. Schellhardt, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Scott.
1941 May 28, “The ‘Visiting Season’ Is Here”, in Springfield Leader and Press, final city edition, volume IX, number 10, Springfield, Mo.: Springfield Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2Little Mihaela-Denisa Strugari arrived at Heathrow airport with her parents, Gheorghe (31) and Silvia (25) last night, and is booked into Hull Royal Infirmary for 2.30pm.
1996 July 23, Andrea Boase, “Romanian baby jets in for op at HRI”, in Hull Daily Mail, Kingston 1st edition, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1
Origin
A variant of Denise. By surface analysis, Denis + -a.
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Denisa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Denisa
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