Dennis
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English. Borrowed from English Dennis in the 20th century, from Old French Denis, from Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dĭonū́sĭos), from Δῐόνῡσος (Dĭónūsos) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “belonging to”), hence meaning follower of Dionysus.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Dennis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Dennis has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 264 |
| 1999 | 258 |
| 2000 | 243 |
| 2001 | 193 |
| 2002 | 194 |
| 2003 | 175 |
| 2004 | 151 |
| 2005 | 148 |
| 2006 | 110 |
| 2007 | 118 |
| 2008 | 116 |
| 2009 | 88 |
| 2010 | 82 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 77 |
| 2013 | 56 |
| 2014 | 37 |
| 2015 | 33 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 34 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2020 | 26 |
| 2021 | 28 |
| 2022 | 14 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,423 |
| 2000 | 10,685 |
| 2001 | 10,920 |
| 2002 | 11,147 |
| 2003 | 11,408 |
| 2004 | 11,573 |
| 2005 | 11,664 |
| 2006 | 11,774 |
| 2007 | 11,908 |
| 2008 | 12,072 |
| 2009 | 12,188 |
| 2010 | 12,243 |
| 2011 | 12,277 |
| 2012 | 12,347 |
| 2013 | 12,381 |
| 2014 | 12,414 |
| 2015 | 12,441 |
| 2016 | 12,469 |
| 2017 | 12,470 |
| 2018 | 12,485 |
| 2019 | 12,481 |
| 2020 | 12,463 |
Dennis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Dennis.Hi! My name is Dennis.
- Dennis har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Dennis has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Dennis i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Dennis this afternoon.
- Dennis mamma är lärare.Dennis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Dennis mamma is Dennis's mum. Because Dennis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Dennis
How do you pronounce Dennis in Swedish?
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What does the name Dennis mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English. Borrowed from English Dennis in the 20th century, from Old French Denis, from Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dĭonū́sĭos), from Δῐόνῡσος (Dĭónūsos) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “belonging to”), hence meaning follower of Dionysus.
How popular is Dennis in Sweden?
14 babies were named Dennis in 2022. In 2020, 12,463 people in Sweden had Dennis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.