Dennison as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dennison

What is the meaning of the name Dennison ?

The baby name Dennison is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdɛnɪsən/ (DEN-i-sən).

Dennison is English in Origin.

Rising from an English and Scottish patronymic, Dennison literally means "son of Dennis." Dennis/Denis stems from Latin Dionysius, from Greek Dionysios, "of (or devoted to) Dionysus," a theophoric name spread through medieval Europe by the veneration of Saint Denis of Paris and carried into England by the Normans. As a given name, Dennison followed the 19th-century fashion of adopting surnames as first names, seeing modest use in Britain and North America and remaining an uncommon, tailored choice today.

Spelling variants include Denison, Dennison, Deneson, and Denson; related given names are Dennis, Denis, Denys, and the feminine Denise/Denisa, with the learned form Dionysius. Short forms such as Den and Denny occur in informal use. The name appears in records across northern England and Lowland Scotland as a hereditary surname. Meaning centers on lineage: "son of Dennis," with the deeper classical sense "devotee of Dionysus" inherited from its ancient root.