Denisa
From Greek, it marked someone dedicated to Dionysus, the god of wine and theatre. Barely 240 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, though a few newborns each year now nudge it upward.
Denisa Pronunciation
Denisa is pronounced de-NYEE-sah (/dɛˈɲisa/).
What Denisa means
Where Denisa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Denisa reaches back to Greek, to Dionysios, an adjective that marked a person as dedicated to Dionysus, the god of the vine and of theatre. Its short meaning stays close to that root: dedicated to Dionysus. The masculine form Denis walks beside it, a cross-gender partner drawn from the same source.
The god faded. His name did not. When early Christians named their children after Saint Denis of Paris, they kept the old syllables and let go of the old worship, so a pagan god went on living inside a Christian saint. Denisa arrived in Poland along that route, a feminine ending fitted to a name that had already crossed several languages.
On a school register in a Polish class, Denisa sits among the Zofias and Julias, familiar and a little foreign at once. Read it slowly. The final s and a belong to Denis first, and the whole belongs to Dionysus.
The meaning holds: należąca do Dionizosa, one who belongs to the god of wine.
How many people are named Denisa
1 in 92773 women in Poland is named Denisa. 243 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1985 among female names.
Denisa's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1226 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Denisa as a middle name
Denisa is a first name for 243 women in Poland and a middle name for another 34, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1189th, between Celia (34) and Ellie (34).
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#1187 Carmela34
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#1188 Celia34
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#1189 Denisa34
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#1190 Ellie34
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#1191 Elodie34