Denys (Ukrainian: Денис) is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name Денис. Closely related forms are Denijs and Dénys. 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 Cazet (born 1938), French-American author
- 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 Cowan (born 1961), African American comic book artist and television producer
- 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 Irving (1944–1976), Welsh musician and filmmaker
- 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
- 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
- Dénys Bain (born 1993), French footballer
- Denys Balanyuk (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Barvinko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Berinchyk (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer
- Denys Bezborodko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Boyko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Carnill (1926–2016), British field hockey player
- Denys Chamay (1941–2013), Swiss fencer
- Denys Dedechko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Dobson (1880–1916), English rugby player
- Denys Dubrov (born 1989), Ukrainian swimmer
- Denys Filimonov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Golaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Halenkov (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Harmash (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Hill (1896–1971), English cricketer
- Denys Hobson (born 1951), South African cricketer
- Denys Holaydo (born 1984), Ukrainian-born Russian footballer
- Denys Hotfrid (born 1975), Ukrainian weightlifter
- Denys Kaliberda (born 1990), Ukrainian-born German footballer
- Denys Kamerylov (born 1989), Ukrainian sprint canoer
- Denys Kolchin (born 1977), 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 Lukashov (born 1989), Ukrainian basketball player
- Denys Miroshnichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Molchanov (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
- Denijs Morkel (1906–1980), South African cricketer
- Denys Oliynyk (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Onyshchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Ovsyannikov (born 1984), Ukrainian futsal player
- Denys Poyatsyka (born 1985), Ukrainian boxer
- Denys Rebryk (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Rylsky (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Shcherbakov (born 1988), Ukrainian orienteering competitor
- Denys Shelikhov (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
- Denys Skepskyi (born 1987), 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 Stoyan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Sydorenko (born 1989), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
- Denys Sylantyev (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer and politician
- Denys Syzonenko (born 1984), Ukrainian swimmer
- Denys Tourtchenkov (born 1978), Russian sprint canoer
- Denys Vasilyev (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Vasin (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Wilcox (1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolmaster
- Denys Yanchuk (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
- Denys Yurchenko (born 1978), Ukrainian pole vaulter
- Denys Zavhorodnyy (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer
Other
- 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 Hay (1915–1994), Scottish historian
- Denys Henderson (1932–2016), Scottish solicitor
- Denys Janot (fl. 1529–1544), French printer and bookseller
- Denys Johnson-Davies (1922–2017), Canadian Arabic-to-English translator
- Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Flemish theologian and mystic
- Denys Lombard (1938–1998), French historian and Sinologist
- Denys R. Martin (1892–1970), British philatelist
- 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 Rayner (1908–1967), British Royal Navy officer
- Denys Roberts (1921–2013), British Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
- Denys Rolle (1614–1638), Sheriff of Devon
- Denys Rolle (1725–1797), British politician and landowner of Devon
- Denys Shortt, British businessman
- Denys Sutton (1917–1991), British art critic and historian
- Denys Turner (born 1942), British academic
- 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 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
- Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (1659–1711), French Governor of Acadia
- Thomas Denys (c.1477–1561), Sheriff and MP for Devon
See also
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