Denis
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Denis has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 705 |
| 2000 | – | 736 |
| 2001 | 10 | 742 |
| 2002 | 10 | 764 |
| 2003 | 11 | 802 |
| 2004 | 10 | 831 |
| 2005 | 10 | 854 |
| 2006 | 11 | 895 |
| 2007 | 12 | 936 |
| 2008 | 15 | 968 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,002 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,029 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1,041 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,071 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,099 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,126 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,152 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,174 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,223 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,263 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,298 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,306 |
Denis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Denis.Hi! My name is Denis.
- Denis har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Denis has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Denis i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Denis this afternoon.
- Denis mamma är lärare.Denis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Denis mamma is Denis's mum. Because Denis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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How popular is Denis in Sweden?
5 babies were named Denis in 2022. In 2020, 1,318 people in Sweden had Denis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.