Meaning of the nameDenice
- Female
- French origin
- Greek origin
- De-ni-ce
Denice is a female name, a variant of Denise, the French feminine of Denis, which comes from the Greek Diónysos, the name of the god Bacchus, and it is most frequent among women born in the 1960s and 1970s.
Meaning
“variant of Denise, the feminine form of Denis, which goes back to the Greek Diónysos, the name of the god Bacchus”
Source: Wiktionary: Denise · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Denise
- People (2022)
- 2,227
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,760
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,302
- people
Denice in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Denice, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (546 people).
2,197 women 30 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Denice is most common
States with the highest share of people named Denice in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.002%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Pará 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 376 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 268 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 241 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 153 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 144 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 136 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 116 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 106 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 84 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 74 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 67 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 58 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 50 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 48 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 45 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 35 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 30 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 28 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 23 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 17 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 16 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Denice
Behind the Name lists Denice as a variant of Denise and as a feminine form of Denis. According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Denise comes from French, as the feminine of Denis, and Denis, citing Machado (1981), has its origin in the Greek Diónysos, through the Latin Dionysos, the Greek name of the god Bacchus. Wiktionary gives Denise as coming from the Latin Dionysia, the feminine of Dionysius, linked to the Greek god Dionysus. It is almost always a female name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,227 people named Denice, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Denise · behindthename.com · spelling
- Behind the Name: Denis · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Denise · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Denise · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Questions about the name Denice
What does the name Denice mean?
Denice means “variant of Denise, the feminine form of Denis, which goes back to the Greek Diónysos, the name of the god Bacchus”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Denice in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,227 people with the first name Denice, which ranks it number 4,760 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Denice a boy's or a girl's name?
Denice is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,197 women and 30 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Denice?
Denice is a name of French and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Denice most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Denice (268 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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