Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Denny
/DEN · ee/
Meaning
“Devoted to Dionysus”
Short form of Dennis, from the Greek Dionysios. Established as an independent given name in mid-century America, with an easy, casual quality.
Nicknames
den · dennie
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Mid-century informal classic; feels friendly but firmly dated.
The cultural moment.
Used in the US and UK from the 1940s through the 1970s; rare for new births today.