Dionysios

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dionisio in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, PH Philippines and 13 more, Denys in FR France, BE Belgium, CA Canada, Dionysius in NL Netherlands and Διονυσης in CY Cyprus.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dionysios is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name25 records spelled Dionysios7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Italy, United States, Spain

  Also written Dionisio, Dionysius, Dionísio, Dionisío, Diönísiö

• Ukrainian given name16 records spelled Dionysios31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Türkiye

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

  Also written Діонісій, Діонізій, Dionisii, Дионисиос, Дионисио

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dionysios is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Se Dennis.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Latin, accusative plural of Dionȳsius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 17 years between 2004–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dionysius of Halicarnassusb. 60ITnot in their usual name1st-century BC Greek historian and teacher
• Dionysius the Areopagiteb. 100GRnot in their usual nameGreek bishop and saint
• Dionysius Periegetesb. 100EGnot in their usual name2nd century AD Greek travel writer
• Dionysius Thraxb. 170EGnot in their usual nameancient Greek grammarian
• Pope Dionysius of Alexandriab. 190EGnot in their usual nameHead of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264
• Dionysius II of Syracuseb. 397ITnot in their usual nameSicilian tyrant
• Dionysius I of Syracuseb. 430ITnot in their usual nameGreek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC)
• Dionysius Exiguusb. 475ITnot in their usual nameByzantine saint
• Dionysius the Phocaeanb. 550not in their usual nameearly 5th century BC Phocaean Greek admiral
• Dionysios Solomosb. 1798GRGreek poet (1798–1857)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 73 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dionysios?

We estimate roughly 59 thousand people bear Dionysios (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Dionysios have the most bearers?

Dionysios is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled dionisio.

Where is Dionysios most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dionysios is densest in Poland — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dionysios compared with other names?

In Argentina, Dionysios is the 573rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Dionysios a male or female name?

Dionysios is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dionysios mean?

Recorded meaning: pers. name. Mod.