Denise staat niet in de Bijbel — maar de stam, Dionysius, staat wel in Handelingen 17

Denise is not in the Bible, but the name it comes from is. Denise is the French feminine of Denis, and Denis is the French form of Dionysius, the name of an Athenian who became a believer after hearing Paul preach (Acts 17:34). What does Denise mean? Denise means “of Dionysos.” It goes back through Denis to the Greek name Dionysios, which was formed from Dionysos, the Greek god of wine. The god’s own name probably joins Zeus with Nysa,…