a male given name, equivalent to English Dionysius or Dennis, a theophoric name deriving from Dionysus of which many rulers bore in the classical and post-classical eras
Hyphenated as
Dio‧ni‧sio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/djoˈnisjo/
Etymology
From Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios).