Dénes
Dénes is the Hungarian form of the Greek male given name Dionysius. Outside the linguistic territory enters the name sporadically also in the spelling Denes.
Explanation
Dionysius was derived from Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility.
To spread the name of the holy Dionysius contributed, who lived as the first bishop of Paris in the 3rd century and today is a national saint of France and one of the 14 Holy Helpers.
Name-day
Bearers of the name
First name
- Denes Agay (1911-2007), American composer and arranger of Hungarian origin
- Dénes Bartha (1908-1993), Hungarian musicologist
- Dénes Berényi (1928-2012), Hungarian nuclear physicists
- Dénes Berinkey (1871-1944), Hungarian politician
- Dénes Boros (* 1988), Hungarian Chess Grandmaster
- Dénes Gábor (1900-1979), Hungarian - British engineer
- Denes de Holesch (1910-1983), Hungarian painter
- Dénes Kőnig (1884-1944), Hungarian mathematician
- Dénes Kovács (1930-2005), Hungarian violinist
- Dénes Mihály (1894-1953), Hungarian physicist and engineer
- Dénes Pataky (1916-1986), Hungarian figure skater
- Dénes Pungor (* 1987), Swedish ski jumper
- Dénes Rósa ( b. 1977 ), Hungarian football player
- Dénes Törzs (* 1934), German actor, presenter and speaker program
- Dénes Varga (* 1987), Hungarian water polo player
Family name
- Agnes Denes ( born 1938 ), Hungarian - American artist
- Christiane Dénes (* 1951), German musician, writer and visual arts activist
- Ivan Denes (1928-2011), German - Romanian journalist and politician
- Oskar Dénes (actually Oszkar Dénes; 1891-1950 ), Swedish actor and singer
- Rudolf Diener - Dénes (1889-1956), Hungarian painter