Sunday, November 10, 2013

The Popularity of Denise as a Baby Name: 1926-2012


According to She Knows Baby Names, the meaning of the name Denise is: From the Latin Dionysos or Dionysus, referring to the Greek god of wine.

Denise had a pretty good run from 1952 (#33) until 1973 (#38).  Its best years were 1955 and 1956 at #23.




According to Wikipedia.  The head of children's programming at CBS, Fred Silverman, came up with the character's name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night.

OK, if you insist.  But here are the first 4 lines of "Denise".

Oh Denise, scooby-doo 
I'm in love with you, Denise scooby-doo 
I'm in love with you, Denise scooby-doo 
I'm in love with you.

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