Dennis

alternative Denis · alternative Denys

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

   I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!

   c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

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   Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed. "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!"

   1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
   4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
   5. A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
   6. A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
   7. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
   8. A town in Parker County, Texas.
   9. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
4. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.