Denise is the French feminine of Dennis — from the Greek *Dionysios* ("follower of Dionysus," the god of wine and ecstasy). **A top-25 US baby name from 1959 to 1969, peaking at #24 in 1963**. **Denise Huxtable** — Lisa Bonet's character on NBC's *The Cosby Show* (1984-1992) and her spin-off *A Different World* (1987-1988) — among the most-influential Black college-going teen characters in US television; her style is credited as helping launch the boho-academic aesthetic of the late 1980s. **Denise Richards (born 1971)** — American actress; *Wild Things* (1998), *Starship Troopers* (1997); Bond girl Dr. Christmas Jones in *The World Is Not Enough* (1999); *The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills* (2019-2020). **Denise Crosby (born 1957)** — Lieutenant Tasha Yar on *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987-1988); granddaughter of Bing Crosby; *Pet Sematary* (1989). **Denise Levertov (1923-1997)** — British American poet; Lannan Literary Award; Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. **Denise Faye** — choreographer; *Chicago* (2002 film). **Denise Scott Brown (born 1931)** — Zambian American architect and urban planner — one half of the husband-wife firm Venturi Scott Brown; the 2016 AIA Gold Medal was the first time the award was given to a husband-wife duo.
Featured throughout 1960s-2000s American culture.
Denise reduces to eight — the number of Cosby Show.