DIONYS
dye-OH-niss
A Greek-derived name tied to Dionysus, the god of wine, festivity, and revelry.
Meaning
Dionys is a shortened form of names related to Dionysius / Dionysio and ultimately to Greek Dionysos. In the excerpts, it is explicitly given as a Greek form of Dionysos and appears alongside related forms such as Dionysius, Denys, and Denis. The core sense is therefore mythological rather than lexical: a name connected to Dionysus.
Origin
Greekmasculine
Fun fact
Old English and early modern records often spell related forms as Dennis or Dionys, showing how freely the name moved across spellings.