Dionysius

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Greek name Διονυσιος (Dionysios), a variant form of Διονυσος (Dionysos)

A combination of Greek Διος (Dios) = 'of Zeus' and Νυσα (Nysa), the name of a legendary mountain, a Greek place name where Dionysos was raised

Related Names

Denis	♂
Dennis	♂
Denniz	♂
Dines	♂
Dinius	♂
Dionysius	♂
Dynius	♂
Dønnes	♂

See also Denise, Dion

Name Days

Denmark

9 October

Faroe Islands

9 October

Further Information

Dionysos was the Greek god of wine, fertility, revelry and dance

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[1]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[2]		0	0	0	1
Norway[3]		0	0	0	0
Finland[4]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Dionysius.

Sources: ^{[2] [1] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi