Dénes
Dénes is the Hungarian form of the male Greek given name Dionysios . Outside of the Hungarian-speaking area, the name occurs occasionally in the spelling Denes .
Explanation
Dionysios was derived from Dionysus , the god of wine and fertility.
Saint Dionysius , who lived as the first bishop of Paris in the 3rd century and is now a national saint of France and one of the fourteen helpers in need , contributed to the spread of the name .
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Name bearer
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 physicist
- 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 von Mihály (1894–1953), Hungarian physicist and technician
- Dénes Pataky (1916–1987), Hungarian figure skater
- Dénes Pungor (* 1987), Hungarian ski jumper
- Dénes Rósa (* 1977), Hungarian football player
- Dénes Törzs (* 1934), German actor, program speaker and presenter
- Dénes Varga (* 1987), Hungarian water polo player
family name
- Agnes Denes (* 1938), Hungarian-American artist
- Christiane Dénes (* 1951), German musician, writer and visual artist
- Ivan Denes (1928–2011), German-Romanian journalist and politician
- Oskar Dénes (actually Oszkar Dénes; 1891–1950), Hungarian actor and singer
- Rudolf Diener-Dénes (1889–1956), Hungarian painter