Deniz

See also: deniz, deñiz, and deňiz

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Deniz, from a variant of the personal name Denís.
• Borrowed from Turkish Deniz, an ornamental surname from deniz (“sea”).

Proper noun

Deniz (plural Denizes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Deniz is the 19379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1395 individuals. Deniz is most common among Hispanic/Latino (69.53%) and White (27.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Deniz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 441.

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Turkish

Etymology

From deniz (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.niz/

Proper noun

Deniz

1. a unisex given name from Proto-Turkic
2. a surname

Declension

    declension of Deniz

	singular	plural
nominative	Deniz	Denizler
accusative	Deniz'i	Denizleri
dative	Deniz'e	Denizlere
locative	Deniz'de	Denizlerde
ablative	Deniz'den	Denizlerden
genitive	Deniz'in	Denizlerin