# "Given" name De Nyse. Meaning, origin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 20, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956 "2015-12-20T21:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/1 "2015-12-20T21:39:58Z")
Any one know the meaning or origin of the name De Nyse? ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/2 "2015-12-20T21:53:18Z")
Pretentious creative spelling of “Denise”? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/3 "2015-12-20T21:56:08Z")
Dutch (as a surname) Surnames often get recycled as given names. I don’t know the meaning, though. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/4 "2015-12-20T22:47:45Z")
semi educated guess: > [@](#): > > This famous surname recorded in almost every European country since the late Middle Ages, and in such forms as Dennis, Dionis, and Denes, with patronymics Addionisio, Denisov, and Dzeniskevich, is of pre Christian, Ancient Greek origins. It derives from “Dionysios” meaning “the divine one of Nysa”, a reference to an early god, who was believed to be the protector of the vine. > > Read more: [Surname Database: Nijssen Last Name Origin](http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Nijssen#ixzz3uu7NS7Wl) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/5 "2015-12-21T02:44:10Z")
So it’s sort of a throwback to the root of Denis \<- Dionysius \<- Dionysos? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/6 "2015-12-21T02:52:18Z")
Female version of De Nephew, of course. Sorry, couldn’t resist, and in case you haven’t heard the old joke here’s a link: [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/19v4i0/a_pregnant_woman_falls_into_a_coma/) ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/7 "2015-12-21T03:33:43Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > Pretentious creative spelling of “Denise”? That was my second thought. My first thought was “I want to give my kid an awful name.” ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/8 "2015-12-21T03:46:08Z")
Father: Dow Jones ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/9 "2015-12-21T08:31:32Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Father: Dow Jones Dang. Ninja’d. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/10 "2015-12-21T08:58:25Z")
I rather like this, probably fictitious, story: > [@](#): > > There turned up in the Navy a recruit who had neither a first name nor a middle name: just Jones — plus the initials R.B. The government took a dim view of this unusual nomenclature and entered his name officially as R (only) B (only) Jones. Sure enough, when RB’s first pay check came rolling in, it was made out to Ronly Bonly Jones! Computer programs can do strange things though: I used to work at _The Alexandra Hospital_ - we used to get mail addressed to Ms Alexandra Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/11 "2015-12-21T10:20:12Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Female version of De Nephew, of course. Sorry, couldn’t resist, and in case you haven’t heard the old joke here’s a link: [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/19v4i0/a_pregnant_woman_falls_into_a_coma/) “Smith & Nephew” is an international health-care company. It was decades before I realized that it probably wasn’t started by two gentlemen called “Mr Smith” and “Mr Nephew” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-name-de-nyse-meaning-origin/740956/12 "2015-12-21T17:30:49Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Father: Dow Jones Nas Daq might be a good hippity hop name.