{{wiktionary}} '''Denys''' ({{langx|uk|Денис}}) is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Among others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name ''Денис''. Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== ===Actors, artists, musicians, and writers=== * Denijs van Alsloot (c.1570–c.1626), Flemish landscape and genre painter * Denys Arcand (born 1941), Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer * Denys Baptiste (born 1969), English jazz musician * Denys Blakeway, British television producer * Denys Bouliane (born 1955), Canadian composer and conductor * Denys Burrows, Australian actor and writer * Denys Cazet (1938–2020), French-American author * Denys Chabot (1945–2025), Canadian writer and journalist * Denys Clerval (1934–2016), French cinematographer * Denys Cochin (1851–1922), French writer * Denys Colomb de Daunant (1922–2006), French writer, poet, photographer and filmmaker, * Denys Coop (1920–1981), British cinematographer * Denys Corbet (1826–1909), Channel Islands poet and painter * Denys Corley Smith (1922–1989), British author and journalist * Denys Cowan (born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer * Denys Davydov (born 1987), Ukrainian citizen journalist * Denys Desjardins (born 1966), Canadian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and teacher * Denys Granier-Deferre (born 1949), French film director * Denys Graham (1926–2024), Welsh actor * Denys Hawthorne (1932–2009), Northern Irish actor * Denys Irving (1944–1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker * Denys Kushnarov, Ukrainian filmmaker, journalist and actor * Denys de La Patellière (1921–2013), French film director and scriptwriter * Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect * Denys Ovenden (1922–2019), British illustrator and watercolourist * Denys Pouncey (1906–1999), English cathedral organist * Denys Puech (1854–1942), French sculptor * Denys Rhodes (1919–1981), English novelist * Denis de Sallo (1626–1669), French writer and lawyer * Denys Samson (born 1989), Ukrainian dancer and choreographer * Denys Sichynsky (1865–1909), Ukrainian composer and conductor * Denys Spittle (1920–2003), British architect * Denys Val Baker (1917–1984), Cornish writer * Denys Wortman (1887–1958), American painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator
===Sportspeople=== * Denys Aleksandrov (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Andriyenko (born 1980), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Anelikov (born 1982), Soviet footballer * Denys Antyukh (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Arendaruk (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Babliuk (born 2001), Ukrainian sport shooter * Dénys Bain (born 1993), French footballer * Denys Balan (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Balanyuk (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Barvinko (1994–2021), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Berinchyk (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Bobrov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Boyko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Bunchukov (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Byelousov (born 1996), Ukrainian football striker * Denys Carnill (1926–2016), British field hockey player * Denys Chamay (1941–2013), Swiss fencer * Denys Chernysh (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Dedechko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Demyanenko (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Denysenko (born 1996), Ukrainian beach volleyball player * Denys Dobson (1880–1916), English rugby player * Denys Dubrov (born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer * Denys Favorov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Fomin (born 1986), Ukrainian volleyball player * Denys Golaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Halata (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Halenkov (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Harmash (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Hill (1896–1971), English cricketer * Denys Hobson (1951–2025), South African cricketer * Denys Hobson (cricketer, born 1983) * Denys Holaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer * Denys Hotfrid (born 1975), Ukrainian weightlifter * Denys Jones (1930–2003), Welsh footballer * Denys Kamerylov (born 1989), Ukrainian sprint canoer * Denys Kesil (born 2000), Ukrainian swimmer * Denys Khomutov (born 1979), Ukrainian association football player * Denys Kolchin (born 1977), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Kostyshyn (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Kostyuk (born 1982), Ukrainian road bicycle racer * Denys Kovalenko (born 1991), Ukrainian sprint canoer * Denys Kozhanov (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Kulakov (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Kushnirov (born 1992), Ukrainian sport shooter * Denys Kuzyk (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player * Denys Maasdorp (born 1963), South African tennis player * Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Molchanov (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player * Denys Morkel (1906–1980), South African cricketer * Denys Nahnoynyi (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Ndukve (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Nechyporenko (born 1990), Ukrainian hurdler * Denys Norenkov (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Oliynyk (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Onyshchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Ostapchenko (born 2001), Ukrainian para swimmer * Denys Ostrovskyi (born 1998), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Ovsyannikov (born 1984), Ukrainian futsal player * Denys Pavlyuk (born 1992), Ukrainian modern pentathlete * Denys Pidhurskyi (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Pidruchnyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Poyatsyka (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Prychynenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Rebryk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Rezepov (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Ryabyi (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Rylskyi (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Sahaliuk (born 2002), Ukrainian freestyle wrestler * Denys Shcherbakov (born 1988), Ukrainian orienteering competitor * Denys Shelikhov (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper * Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Shostak (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Shvydenko (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Skepskyi (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Slyusar (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Smirnov (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Smith (1924–2016), British racehorse trainer * Denys Sokolovskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Solonenko (born 1992), Ukrainian boxer * Denys Soroka (born 2001), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Starchenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Strekalin (born 1999), Ukrainian-French pair skater * Denys Svityukha (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Sydorenko (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper * Denys Sylantyev (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician * Denys Sytnik (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer * Denys Taraduda (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Teslyuk (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Tourtchenkov (born 1978), Russian sprint canoer <!-- probably should be "Denis"--> * Denys Ustymenko (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Vasin (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Volk-Karachevskyi (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster * Denys Woods (1920–1972), South African cricketer * Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer * Denys Yurchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter * Denys Zavhorodnyy (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer
===Other=== * Denys Bray (1875–1951), British colonial civil servant * Denys Buckley (1906–1998), English barrister and judge * Denys Bullard (1912–1994), British politician * Denys Chernyshov (born 1974), Ukrainian politician and economist * Denys Corbett Wilson (1882–1915), Irish pioneer aviator * Denys Finch Hatton (1887–1931), English big-game hunter and lover of Karen Blixen * Denys Fisher (1918–2002), English engineer and board game designer * Denys Gaith (1910–1986), Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic bishop * Denys Gillam (1915–1991), British flying ace * Denys Hay (1915–1994), Scottish historian * D. E. L. Haynes (1913–1994), English classical scholar * Denys Henderson (1932–2016), Scottish solicitor * Denys Herman (born 1981), Ukrainian politician * Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller * Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator * Denys Kireyev (1977–2022), Ukrainian banker and intelligence officer * Denys Kostrzhevskyi (born 1968), Ukrainian businessman * Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), English architect * Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic * Denys Lombard (1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist * Denys Lowson (1906–1975), British barrister and financier * Denys Maliuska (born 1981), Ukrainian lawyer, businessman and politician * Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist * Denys Maslov (born 1983), Ukrainian politician * Denys Monastyrsky (1980–2023), Ukrainian lawyer and politician * Denys Page (1908–1978), British classical scholar * Denys Panasyuk (1900–1984), Ukrainian Soviet lawyer and politician * Denys Campion Potts (1923–2016), English academic whose subject was French literature * Denys Pringle (born 1951), British archaeologist and medievalist * Denys Prokopenko (born 1991), Ukrainian military officer * Denys Rayner (1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer * Denys Roberts (1921–2013), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong * Denys Rolle, multiple people * Denys Shleha (born 1982), Ukrainian serviceman * Denys Shmyhal (born 1975), Prime Minister of Ukraine * Denys Shortt, British businessman * Denys Skoryi (born 1979), Ukrainian surgeon, oncologist, professor and politician * Denys Sutton (1917–1991), British art critic and historian * Denys Turner (born 1942), British academic * Denys Uliutin (born 1982), Ukrainian politician * Denys Vasyliuk (1993–2024), Ukrainian fighter pilot * Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905–1990), British author, illustrator and countryman * Denys Whitehorn Reid (1897–1970), officer in the British Army * Denys Wilkinson (1922–2016), British nuclear physicist * Denys Williams (1929–2014), Chief Justice of Barbados * Denys Winstanley (1877-1947), British educator * Denys Witherington (1921–1944), English cricketer and British Army soldier * Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952), Greek art historian and theorist
==Surname== * André Denys (1948–2013), Belgian politician * Ewout Denys (born 1987), Belgian footballer * Frans Denys (c. 1610–1670), Flemish Baroque painter * Jacob Denys (1644–1708), Flemish Baroque painter * Jean-Baptiste Denys (c. 1640–1704), French physician * Nicolas Denys (c. 1598–1688), French explorer, colonizer, soldier and leader * Peter Denys (1760-1816), British landowner * Pierre Denys, French physician, discovered Denys-Drash syndrome * Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766–1820), French naturalist <!--surname is Denys de Montfort --> * Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (1659–1711), French Governor of Acadia <!--surname is Denys de Bonnaventure --> * Thomas Denys (c.1477–1561), Sheriff and MP for Devon
==See also== {{dion}} * De Nijs (surname) * Denys-Drash * St Denys
{{given name|type=both}} Category:Ukrainian masculine given names Category:Masculine given names