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Dionizy

Greek at root, tied to Dionysus, god of wine: the name means "follower of Dionysus". Most Poles have never met one, yet it's given to more boys now than in years past, with last year the busiest on record.

Dionizy Pronunciation

Dionizy is pronounced dyo-NYEE-zih (/djɔˈɲizɨ/).

Alive in 2025
1,160
Newborns 2025
11
National rank
#896
Next name day
9 October
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What Dionizy means

Where Dionizy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Dionizy comes straight from Greek, from Dionysios, a name that marked its bearer as a follower of Dionysus, the god of wine and the vine. Polish keeps the older Latin shape while French trimmed the same root down to Denis. The short meaning stays close to the source: należący do Dionizosa, one who belongs to the god.

The name spread through the early Church. Saint Dionysius, known in France as Denis, was a third-century bishop and martyr who became a patron of Paris. His feast pulled the name across Catholic Europe, and Poland took it in the fuller form.

Its cross-gender partner is Dionizja, the same root turned toward a daughter. Both forms are rare now. A boy called Dionizy stands out on a class register in a way that a Jan or a Piotr never will.

The meaning has not drifted. Follower of Dionysus it began, and należący do Dionizosa it remains.

When Dionizy celebrates name day

Dionizy appears 19 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 8 April.

Next name day
9 October
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Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Dionizy

1 in 18402 men in Poland is named Dionizy. 1,160 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #896 among male names.

People with the name Dionizy 2019 → 2025
1,160 -233 since 2019
2020 1,376 -17
2021 1,322 -54
2022 1,269 -53
2023 1,234 -35
2024 1,197 -37
2025 1,160 -37

Dionizy's popularity over time

11 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #667 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2014.

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11 newborns with the name Dionizy in 2025
national rank #667 that year

Where Dionizy is most popular

Dionizy is most popular in West Pomeranian, 195% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+158%) and Lesser Poland (+83%). It is least common in Silesian, 27% below average.

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Dionizy as a middle name

Dionizy is a first name for 1,160 men in Poland and a middle name for another 1,107, a 51/49 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 222nd, between Kordian (1,111) and Oktawian (1,105).

As a first name
1,160
As a middle name
1,107
first name 51% middle name 49%
Middle-name ranking men

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