Denise (given name)

Denise, with several spelling variations, is a female given name derived from Dionysus the Greek god of wine.

• Deneece, Denice, Deniece, Denyse: English
• Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
• Denise: English, French, Portuguese
• Denisse: English, French
• Deniz: Turkish
• Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English
• Dinisia: Portuguese
• Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English
• Dionise: Old French (on St. Denise's burial site)^[1]
• Dionísia: Portuguese
• Dionisia: Middle English, Italian, Spanish
• Dionizja: Polish
• Dionysia: Greek (Διονυσία), Latin, Middle English
• Diot, Diota, Dye, Dyonese, Dyonisia, Dyonisya, Dyot, Dyota: Middle English

• Dénes: Hungarian
• Denis: English, French, German, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Czech, Russian (Денис), Serbo-Croatian (also Денис)
• Denijs: Middle Dutch
• Deniz: Turkish language
• Dêniz: Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Dennis: English, Dutch, German, Norwegian
• Denny: English
• Denys (Денис): Ukrainian
• Dinis, Diniz, Dionísio: Portuguese
• Dion: English, French (medieval diminutive), Greek (diminutive: Δίων)
• Dionigi: Italian
• Dionise: Romanian
• Dionisije (Дионисије): Serbian
• Dionisio: Italian, Spanish
• Dionisos (Դիոնիսոս): Armenian
• Dionizy: Polish
• Dionysios (Διονύσιος): Greek
• Dionýz: Slovak
• Dénes: Hungarian
• Donnchadh: Irish
• Dzianis (Дзяніс): Belarusian
• Genis (Генис): Udmurt

• Denise Alexander (1939–2025), American actress
• Denise Baby, French film editor
• Denise Barbacena (born 1994), Filipina actress, singer and comedienne
• Denise Batcheff (1906–2000), French film editor and sound technician
• Denise Bellon (1902–1999), French photographer
• Denise Benoît (1919–1973), French actress and singer
• Denise Black (born 1958), English actress
• Denise Borino-Quinn (1964–2010), American actress
• Denise Bosc (1916–2002), French actress
• Denise Boutte (born 1982), American actress and model
• Denise Brosseau (1936–1986), Canadian actress
• Denise Bryer (1928–2021), British actress
• Denise Buckley (born 1945), British actress
• Denise Burse (born 1952), American actress
• Denise Capezza (born 1989), Italian actress
• Denise Clarke, Canadian dancer
• Denise LeClair Cobb, American former CNN and CNN Headline News anchor
• Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress, director and playwright
• Denise Colomb (1902–2004), French photographer
• Denise Crosby (born 1957), American actress
• Denise Darcel (1924–2011), French-American actress
• Denise D'Ascenzo (1958–2019), American television news anchorwoman
• Denise Del Vecchio (born 1954), Brazilian actress
• Denise Di Novi (born 1956), American film producer and director
• Denise Dowse (1958–2022), American actress and director
• Denise Drysdale (born 1948), Australian television personality and comedian
• Denise DuBarry (1956–2019), American actress and activist
• Denise Dumont (born 1955), Brazilian television and film actress
• Denise Fabre (born 1942), French television personality
• Denise Faro (born 1988), Italian singer and actress
• Denise Faye (born 1963), American actress and choreographer
• Denise Fernandes, Portuguese director
• Denise Filiatrault (born 1931), Canadian actress and director
• Denise Fraga (born 1964), Brazilian actress
• Denise Fujiwara, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• Denise Gagnon (1936–2024), Canadian actress
• Denise Garrido (born 1986), Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Denise Glaser (1920–1983), French television presenter
• Denise Gordy (born 1949), American actress and singer
• Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
• Denise Grey (1896–1996), Italian-French actress
• Denise Gyngell (born 1961), Welsh singer and actress
• Denise Joaquin, Filipina actress
• Denise Keller (born 1982), Singaporean model and MTV Asia host
• Denise Kiernan (born 1968), American journalist, producer and author
• Denise Laurel (born 1987), Filipina actress and singer
• Denise Legeay (1898–1968), French actress
• Denise Lor (1929–2015), American actress
• Denise Maerker (born 1965), Mexican journalist and television news anchor
• Denise McCluggage (1927–2015), American journalist
• Denise Michele (born 1953), American actress and model
• Denise Miller (born 1963), American actress
• Denise Morelle (1925–1984), Canadian actress
• Denise Nicholas (born 1944), American actress, author, and activist
• Denise Nickerson (1957–2019), American actress
• Denise O'Donoghue (born 1955), British television producer
• Denise Pelletier (1923–1976), Canadian actress
• Denise Pence (born 1949), American actress
• Denise Perrier (born 1935), French actress, former model and beauty queen
• Denise Provence (1921–2011), French actor
• Denise Richards (born 1971), American actress
• Denise Robert, Canadian film producer
• Denise Roberts, Australian actress and director
• Denise Robertson (1932–2016), British writer and broadcaster
• Denise Scott (born 1955), Australian comedian
• Denise Stapley (born 1971), American television personality and sex therapist
• Denise Sullivan (born 1961), American music journalist
• Denise Camillia Tan (born 1992), Malaysian-based Singaporean actress
• Denise Tantucci (born 1997), Italian actress
• Denise Uyehara, American performance artist, director and writer
• Denise van Outen (born 1974), English actress, singer and TV presenter
• Denise Vasi (born 1983), American fashion model and actress
• Denise Vernac (1916–1984), French actress
• Denise Welch (born 1958), English actress and television presenter
• Denise Williamson (born 1983), American actress
• Denise Yarde, British sound engineer
• Denise Zich (born 1975), German actress and singer
• Denise Zimba (born 1988), South African actress, singer, dancer and presenter

• Denise Belfon (born 1968), Trinidad and Tobago singer and dancer
• Denise Bestman (born 2000), American vocalist
• Denise Chaila, Irish-Zambian hip-hop singer
• Denise Clark-Bradford (born 1953), American gospel singer
• Denise Djokic (born 1980), Canadian cellist
• Denise Donatelli, American jazz singer
• Denise Duval (1921–2016), French soprano
• Denise Ho (born 1977), singer from Hong Kong
• Denise Jannah (born 1956), Dutch jazz singer
• Denise Julia (born 2002), Filipino singer
• Denise Kelly (born 1954), Irish harpist and composer
• Denise LaSalle (1934–2018), American singer
• Denise Launay (1906–1993), French organist and musicologist
• Denise Lor (1929–2015), American singer
• Denise Marsa, singer-songwriter and mentor
• Denise Massé (1946–2022), Canadian pianist and vocalist
• Denise McCann (born 1948), American-Canadian singer-songwriter
• Denise Murray (1964–2020), Canadian female country music singer
• Denise Narcisse-Mair (1940–2010), Canadian musician
• Denise Nolan (born 1952), Irish singer
• Denise Orme (1885–1960), English music hall singer, actress and musician
• Denise Pearson (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of British pop group Five Star
• Denise Restout (1915–2004), French keyboard teacher
• Denise Eisenberg Rich (born 1944), American singer-songwriter
• Denise Roger (1924–2005), French composer
• Denise Rosenthal (born 1990), Chilean singer and songwriter
• Denise Scharley (1917–2011), French opera singer
• Denise Soriano-Boucherit (1916–2006), French woman cellist
• Denise Stefanie (born 1988), Mexican singer-songwriter
• Denise Stiff, personal manager
• Denise Tillmanns (born 1984), German singer
• Denise Tolkowsky, English-born pianist and composer

• Denise Aiolupotea (born 1998), Samoan rugby union player
• Denise Altmann (born 1987), Austrian ice hockey forward
• Denise Annetts (born 1964), Australian cricketer
• Denise Beckwith (born 1977), Australian Paralympic swimmer
• Denise Bender (born 1959), American soccer player
• Denise Benning (born 1967), Canadian pair skater
• Denise Betsema (born 1993), Dutch cyclist
• Denise Biellmann (born 1962), Swiss professional figure skater
• Denise Boyd (born 1952), Australian sprinter
• Denise Boyer-Merdich (born 1962), American soccer player
• Denise Bral, Belgian cyclist
• Denise Burton (born 1956), British cyclist
• Denise Carriere (born 1970), Canadian softball player
• Denise Carter (born 1950), American tennis player
• Denise Castle (born 1971), English Muay Thai fighter
• Denise Castro (born 2003), Mexican soccer player
• Denise Cesky (born 1976), Austrian sailor
• Denise Christensen, American diver
• Denise Cojuangco (born 1961), Filipino equestrian
• Denise Cook, New Zealand Paralympian athlete
• Denise Cooper (born 1960), Australian sprint and marathon canoeist
• Denise Cronin, Irish camogie player
• Denise Curry (born 1959), American former basketball player
• Denise Dillon (born 1973), American basketball coach
• Denise Dupont (born 1984), Danish curler
• Denise Dy (born 1989), Filipino tennis player
• Denise Emerson (born 1960), Australian cricketer
• Denise Favart (1923–2016), French figure skater
• Denise Feierabend (born 1989), Swiss alpine skier
• Denise Frick (born 1980), South African chess player
• Denise Goddard (1945–2023), British artistic gymnast
• Denise Gomes (born 1999), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Denise Grahl (born 1993), German Paralympic swimmer
• Denise Guénard (1934–2017), French track and field athlete
• Denise Hallion (born 1966), South African dressage rider
• Denise Hampson (born 1978), Welsh female former track cyclist
• Denise Hanke (born 1989), German volleyball player
• Denise Hannema (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
• Denise Herrmann-Wick (born 1988), German cross-country skier
• Denise Hinrichs (born 1987), German shot putter
• Denise Infante (born 1986), Chilean field hockey player
• Denise Ireta (born 1980), Mexican footballer
• Denise Johns (born 1978), British beach volleyball player
• Denise Karbon (born 1980), Italian alpine skier
• Denise Kielholtz (born 1989), Dutch mixed martial arts fighter
• Denise Klecker (born 1972), German field hockey player
• Denise Kögl (born 1988), Austrian figure skater
• Denise Kramer-Scholer (1910–1993), Swiss fencer
• Denise Langford (born 1953), Australian swimmer
• Denise Lemaire (born 1956), Canadian handball player
• Denise Lewis (born 1972), British heptathlete
• Denise Lim (born 1991), Singaporean sailor
• Denise Long Rife, American basketball player
• Denise Lyttle (born 1967), Irish sailor
• Denise Marston-Smith (born 1977), British field hockey player
• Denise Martin (born 1959), Australian cricketer
• Denise Masino, American bodybuilder
• Denise Mattioli (born 1952), Brazilian volleyball player
• Denise Mueller-Korenek, American cyclist
• Denise Newlove (born 1973), New Zealand-born Scottish international cricketer
• Denise Norton (1933–?), Australian swimmer
• Denise Nowlan (born 1971), Canadian curler
• Denise O'Brien (1937–2024), Australian fencer
• Denise O'Connor (born 1935), American Olympic fencer
• Denise O'Sullivan (born 1994), Irish footballer
• Denise Ouabangui (born 1968), Central African Republic sprinter
• Denise Page, New Zealand lawn bowler
• Denise Parker (born 1973), American archer
• Denise Parmentiers (1915–1969), Belgian gymnast
• Denise Parnell (born 1960), British tennis player
• Denise Parruque (born 2003), Mozambican sailor
• Denise Payet (born 2001), English table tennis player
• Denise Pesantes (born 1988), Ecuadorian footballer
• Denise Pimpini (born 1995), Italian curler
• Denise Prins (born 1983), Dutch cricketer
• Denise Reddy (born 1970), American soccer coach
• Denise Reid (born 1967), South African cricketer
• Denise Rennex, Australian rower
• Denise Rojas (born 1995), Chilean field hockey player
• Denise Roth (born 1988), German speed skater
• Denise Rutkowski, American bodybuilder
• Denise Schilte-Brown (born 1974), Canadian soccer coach
• Denise Schindler (born 1985), German Paralympic cyclist
• Denise Simon (born 1983), German professional golfer
• Denise Smith, British wheelchair racer
• Denise Soesilo (born 1987), German ice hockey player
• Denise Spencer (1929–1998), Australian swimmer
• Denise Strebig (born 1960), American golfer
• Denise Sundberg (born 1990), Swedish footballer
• Denise Taylor, American basketball coach
• Denise Thiémard (born 1960), Swiss javelin thrower
• Denise Thomas (born 1979), English footballer
• Denise van Deventer (born 1990), Dutch cricketer
• Denise Wescott, American lacrosse coach
• Denise Weyers (1942–2022), South African cricketer
• Denise Yeung, Hong Kong racing driver

• Denise Allen (1953–2022), Australian politician
• Denise Andrews (born 1959), American politician from Massachusetts
• Denise Harper Angel (born 1953), American politician
• Denise Apt (1929–2014), American politician from Kansas
• Denise Bastide (1916–1952), French politician
• Denise Batters (born 1970), Canadian politician
• Denise Bauer (born 1964), American diplomat
• Denise Baum, American politician from Montana
• Denise Beaudoin (born 1949), Canadian businessperson
• Denise Bellamy, Canadian judge
• Denise Bindschedler-Robert (1920–2008), Swiss international lawyer
• Denise Brewer (born 1966), American politician
• Denise Bronzetti (born 1972), Sammarinese politician
• Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1969), Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi
• Denise Cacheux (1932–2023), French politician
• Denise Carrier-Perreault (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Denise L. Carter, American government official
• Denise J. Casper (born 1968), American judge
• Denise Charles-Pemberton, Dominican politician
• Denise Coates (born 1967), English businesswoman
• Denise Cote (born 1946), American judge
• Denise Coyle (born 1953), American Republican Party politician
• Denise Crosswhite Hader (born 1965), American politician
• Denise Daley, Jamaican politician
• Denise De Chazal (1887–1971), Mauritian politician
• Denise DeDe-Poulin, American politician
• Denise Dittrich (born 1957), American politician from Minnesota
• Denise Donlon (born 1956), Canadian television executive
• Denise Drace-Brownell, American businessperson
• Denise Dresser (born 1963), Mexican political scientist
• Denise Driehaus (born 1963), American politician from Ohio
• Denise Jones Ennett, American politician
• Denise Everhart (born 1954), American politician from Kansas
• Denise Tourover Ezekiel (1903–1980), American lawyer
• Denise Frossard (born 1950), Brazilian politician
• Denise Garlick, American state legislator
• Denise Garner (born 1956), American politician from Arkansas
• Denise George (born 1959), U.S. Virgin Islands politician
• Denise Ginollin (1907–1961), French politician
• Denise Goldsworthy, Australian business executive
• Denise Goupil (1931–2017), American lawyer
• Denise Grimsley (born 1959), American politician
• Denise Harlow (1970–2026), American politician from Maine
• Denise Hayman, American politician
• Denise Holt (born 1949), British ambassador
• Denise Page Hood, American judge
• Denise Ilitch (born 1955), American businessperson
• Denise Joy, American politician
• Denise Juneau (born 1967), American lawyer
• Denise Leblanc-Bantey (1949–1999), Canadian politician
• Denise Lee (born 1970), New Zealand politician
• Denise Posse-Blanco Lindberg, American judge
• Denise Loop (born 1994), German politician
• Denise Majette (born 1955), American politician from Georgia
• Denise McBride, Northern Irish judge and former barrister
• Denise McGill (born 1946), Australian politician
• Denise Mentzer, American politician from Michigan
• Denise M. Mercherson, American lawyer
• Denise Merrill (born 1948), American politician from Connecticut
• Denise Mitchell (born 1976), Irish politician
• Denise Moreno Ducheny (born 1952), American politician
• Denise Moriguchi, American businesswoman
• Denise Morrisey (born 1964), American lobbyist
• Denise Morrison (born 1954), American business executive
• Denise Nappier (born 1951), American politician
• Denise Natali, American political scientist
• Denise Nurse (born 1976), British entrepreneur, lawyer and television presenter
• Denise Nyakéru Tshisekedi (born 1967), First Lady of the Congo
• Denise O'Donnell, American politician and lawyer
• Denise Pascal (born 1940), Chilean politician
• Denise Pessôa (born 1983), Brazilian politician
• Denise Peterson-Rafuse, Canadian politician
• Denise Phua (born 1959), Singaporean politician
• Denise Poirier-Rivard (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Denise Provost (born 1951), American politician from Massachusetts
• Denise Ricciardi (born 1961), American politician
• Denise Roberts (born 1973), American politician
• Denise Robinson (born 1948), South African politician
• Denise Roche (born 1963), New Zealand politician
• Denise Turner Roth, American government official
• Denise Savoie (born 1943), Canadian politician
• Denise Sinankwa, Burundian politician
• Denise Smith, American politician
• Denise Smyler, American lawyer
• Denise Stillman (1971–2018), American businesswoman
• Denise Swan (born 1947), Australian politician
• Denise Tepler (born 1956), American politician
• Denise Trudel (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Denise Tsoiafatt Angus, Tobagonian politician
• Denise Doring VanBuren, American civic leader
• Denise Verreault, Canadian businesswoman
• Denise Villalobos, American politician
• Denise Walsh, American political scientist
• Denise Woollard (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Denise DeBartolo York, American businesswoman
• Denise S. Young (born 1955), American tech executive
• Denise Yue, Hong Kong politician

• Denise Aberle, American radiologist and oncologist
• Denise Affonço (born 1944), Cambodian civil servant
• Denise Ajayi-Williams, Nigerian-American businesswoman
• Denise Albe-Fessard (1916–2003), French neuroscientist
• Denise Mary Allen, Australian Antarctic meteorology observer and forecaster
• Denise P. Barlow (1950–2017), British geneticist
• Denise Barrett-Baxendale, director of Everton Football Club
• Denise Barthomeuf (1934-2004), French chemist
• Denise Bennetts (born 1953), British architect
• Denise Bernot (1922–2016), French academic
• Denise Bidot (born 1986), American plus-size fashion model
• Denise Bloch (1916–1945), French espionage agent
• Denise Bode, American energy expert
• Denise Bombardier (1941–2023), Canadian journalist, essayist, novelist and media personality
• Denise Boucher (1935–2025), Canadian writer
• Denise Bower, British professor
• Denise Bradley (1942–2020), Australian academic
• Denise Breitburg, American marine ecologist
• Denise Brice (1928–2025), French paleontologist
• Denise Broadley (1913–2007), British artist
• Denise Brunkus, American illustrator
• Denise Cai, American neuroscientist and researcher
• Denise Caruso, American journalist and analyst
• Denise Mary Champion, Aboriginal Australian deacon
• Denise Chávez (born 1948), American novelist
• Denise Chong (born 1953), Canadian economist and writer
• Denise Cocquerillat (1918–1999), French archaeologist and Assyriologist
• Denise Coia (1952–2020), Scottish psychiatrist and mental health advocate
• Denise Copland, New Zealand artist
• Denise Cox, American petroleum geologist
• Denise Cronenberg (1938–2020), Canadian costume designer
• Denise Danks, British writer
• Denise Darvall (1942–1967), South African organ donor
• Denise Dearing, American ecological physiologist and mammalogist
• Denise Deegan, English novelist and playwright
• Denise Deegan (Irish author) (born 1966), Irish screenwriter and author
• Denise Desautels (born 1945), Canadian poet and writer
• Denise Domenach-Lallich (1924–2020), French resistance member
• Denise Dorrance (born 1958), American-born cartoonist
• Denise Duchateau, French artist
• Denise Duhamel (born 1961), American poet
• Denise Epoté (born 1954), Cameroonian journalist
• Denise Faustman, American immunologist
• Denise Ferguson, New Zealand bishop
• Denise Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian philosopher
• Denise Fleming (born 1950), American writer
• Denise Galloway, American microbiologist
• Denise Giardina (born 1951), American writer
• Denise Gottfredson, American criminologist
• Denise Green, Australian artist
• Denise O'Neil Green, American academic
• Denise Hamilton, American novelist
• Denise L. Herzing, zoologist
• Denise Hines, American psychologist
• Denise Hinkel, American plasma physicist
• Denise Hinton, American nurse
• Denise Holstein (1927–2024), French holocaust survivor
• Denise Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian academic and diplomat
• Denise Hunter, American romance writer
• Denise J. Jamieson, American gynecologist
• Denise Jefferson (1944–2010), American dance educator
• Denise Jodelet, French social psychologist
• Denise Kandel (born 1933), American medical sociologist and epidemiologist
• Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill (born 1947), British baroness
• Denise Kirschner, American mathematical biologist and immunologist
• Denise Kum, New Zealand artist
• Denise Landis, British-born American food writer, editor, cookbook author and recipe tester and developer
• Denise Lester (1909–1982), British teacher
• Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, New Zealand fashion designer and businesswoman
• Denise Levertov (1923–1977), American poet
• Denise Lievesley, British social statistician
• Denise Louis-Bar (1914–1999), Belgian neuropsychiatrist
• Denise Low, American poet
• Denise Manahan-Vaughan (born 1965), Irish neuroscientist and neurophysiologist
• Denise Masson (1901–1994), French islamologist
• Denise McAdam, Scottish celebrity hairdresser
• Denise Mercedes (born 1991), American plus-size fashion model
• Denise Meunier (1918–2022), French schoolteacher and resistant
• Denise Millet (1933–2020), French comic book artist
• Denise Mina (born 1966), Scottish crime writer and playwright
• Denise M. Monack, American microbiologist
• Denise Montell, American biologist
• Denise Moore (1876–1911), aviation pioneer
• Denise Morcombe (born 1960), Australian child safety advocate
• Denise Morel (born 1946), French writer and psychiatrist
• Denise Murrell, American curator
• Denise Naville, French writer and translator
• Denise Norris, American transgender activist
• Denise Okuda, computer, scenic and video supervisor
• Denise Oliver-Velez (born 1947), American professor, contributing editor, activist and community organizer
• Denise R. Osborn (born 1948), Australian and British economist
• Denise C. Park, American neuroscientist
• Denise Paulme (1909–1998), French ethnologist and anthropologist
• Denise Pelletier, American sculptor
• Denise Platt (born 1945), British civil servant
• Denise Pumain (born 1946), French geographer
• Denise Quiñones (born 1980), Miss Universe 2001 from Puerto Rico
• Denise René (1913–2012), French art dealer
• Denise Riley, English poet and philosopher
• Denise Robins (1897–1985), English novelist
• Denise Rocha (born 1983), Brazilian model, lawyer, and a former parliamentary adviser
• Denise Rose (1970–2004), British soldier
• Denise Rousseau (born 1951), American psychologist
• Denise Rudberg (born 1971), Swedish author
• Denise Ryner, Canadian curator
• Denise Schmandt-Besserat (born 1933), French-American archaeologist and retired professor
• Denise Sheer, professor of human genetics
• Denise Shull (born 1959), American neuro-economist
• Denise Sigogneau-Russell, French paleontologist
• Denise Spellberg, American scholar
• Denise Stephens, American astronomer
• Denise Stoklos (born 1950), Brazilian playwright
• Denise M. Stone, American geologist
• Denise Swanson, American mystery writer
• Denise Sweet, American poet
• Denise Vega, American writer
• Denise Vernay (1924–2013), French resistant fighter
• Denise Verret, American zookeeper
• Denise Voïta (1928–2008), Swiss painter, designer, lithographer and tapestry designer
• Denise Wallace, American jeweler and member of the Sugpiaq tribe
• Denise Wilkinson, American Roman Catholic leader
• Denise Wilson, New Zealand health academic
• Denise Wren (1891–1979), British potter and craftsperson
• Denise Hsien Wu, Taiwanese neuroscientist
• Denise Wyss (born 1965), Swiss Old Catholic priestess and counselor

• Denise Austin, multiple people
• Denise Brown, multiple people
• Denise Campbell, multiple people
• Denise Johnson, multiple people
• Denise Jones, multiple people
• Denise Lopez, multiple people
• Denise Newman, multiple people
• Denise Ramsden, multiple people

• Deniece Williams (born 1951), American singer

• Denese Becker (born 1937), Guatemalan survivor of the Rio Negro massacre
• Denese Oates (born 1955), Australian sculptor

• Denyce Graves (born 1964), American opera singer
• Denyce Lawton (born 1978), American actress and model

• Denise, a secondary character on Monica's Gang
• Denise, Phoebe Buffay's roommate in NBC sitcom Friends
• Denise, a character in The Muppets who is Kermit the Frog's new significant other
• Denise Best (née Royle), on the British sitcom The Royle Family
• Denise Fox, on the British soap opera EastEnders
• Denise Hemphill, on the satirical black comedy slasher series Scream Queens
• Denise Huxtable, on the sitcom The Cosby Show and its spin-off A Different World
• Denise Prime, French name for Dilys Price, fictional character on the animated series Fireman Sam
• Denise, a localized name for Kurama, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)
• Denise (The Big Bang Theory)

• Deniz (given name), pronounced similarly in Turkish
• Marie-Denise