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View Name: Dionysios


DIONYSIOS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Greek, Ancient Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Διονυσιος (Greek)
Meaning & History
Greek personal name derived from the name of the Greek god DIONYSOS. Famous bearers include two early tyrants of Syracuse and a 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician.
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VARIANT: Dionysius (Ancient Greek)
DIMINUTIVE: Dion (Ancient Greek)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Deion, Deon (African American), Dionysius (Biblical), Denis (Croatian), Denis (Czech), Dennis (Dutch), Denis, Dennis, Den, Denny, Deon, Dion (English), Denis (French), Denis, Dennis (German), Dénes (Hungarian), Dionisio (Italian), Tenney (Medieval English), Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio (Portuguese), Denis, Dionisie (Romanian), Denis (Russian), Denis, Dionýz (Slovak), Denis (Slovene), Dionisio (Spanish), Denys (Ukrainian)
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