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Denisa

Girl · de-NEE-sa · Greek

Denisa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Dionysus”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).

What does Denisa mean?

Greek: Czech, Slovak and Romanian feminine of Denis

“of Dionysus”

A Czech, Slovak and Romanian feminine form of Denis.

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Is Denisa a girl's or a boy's name?

Denisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Denisa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,856among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Denisa, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 30 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Denisa than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Denisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 30 in 20162025
Denisa in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
202415#1,953
202315#1,955
202214#2,052
202116#1,882
202018#1,708
201921#1,531
201824#1,420
201715#2,011
201630#1,209
201527#1,317
201424#1,418
201319#1,662
201229#1,232
201125#1,335
201027#1,262
200924#1,330
200823#1,346
200713#1,964
200612#1,987
20059#2,360
200410#2,064
20038#2,320
20028#2,231
20014#3,427
200010#1,792
19997#2,295

How popular is Denisa in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.

Half of all the girls named Denisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

1952Busiest: 37 in 19642024
Denisa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20245#15,288
20230–
20225#15,300
20210–
20200–
20190–
20186#13,788
20170–
20166#14,326
20156#14,477
20145#16,507
20137#13,145
20120–
20115#16,756
20100–
20097#13,698
20088#12,574
200711#10,125
200612#9,282
200518#6,523
20048#11,617
200313#7,993
200211#8,831
200117#6,317
200012#8,020
199910#8,798
199812#7,527
19978#9,797
199610#8,127
19958#9,548
199411#7,598
199313#6,615
199211#7,504
199113#6,582
199018#5,055
198926#3,778
198812#6,272
198713#5,608
19867#8,518
19858#7,560
19847#8,149
198311#5,822
198210#6,369
198116#4,531
198011#5,911
19799#6,694
197816#4,242
197718#3,910
197627#2,791
197527#2,743
19748#6,257
197322#3,014
197219#3,276
197123#2,955
197030#2,450
196926#2,585
196828#2,296
196721#2,706
196618#2,936
196526#2,344
196437#1,946
196331#2,130
196229#2,209
196128#2,249
196026#2,306
195923#2,394
195819#2,662
195716#2,925
195618#2,724
195519#2,552
19549#3,965
195318#2,515
19526#4,906

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