Denny (given name)

Last updated January 31, 2026

Denny or Dennie is a given name or nickname, primarily masculine and often a short form (hypocorism) of Dennis, Denise, Denver, Denzel, Zdenko, or Zdenka which may refer to:

People

Denny

Denny Altes (born 1948), American politician
Denny Antwi (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
Denny Ashburnham (c.1628–1697), English landowner and politician
Denny Bautista (born 1980), Dominican baseball player
Denny Butler (born 1970), American politician
Denny Bixler (1940–1981), American politician
Denny Brown (born 1956), American professional wrestler
Denny Bruce (born 1944), American record producer and music manager
Denny Cagur, (born 1977), Indonesian comedian and TV host
Denny Cardin (born 1988), Italian footballer
Denny Carmassi (born 1947), American drummer
Denny Chin (born 1954), American federal judge
Denny Chronopoulos (1968–2000), Canadian football player
Denny Clare (1853–1928), American baseball player
Denny Coffman, American politician
Denny Cordell (1943–1995), English record producer
Denny Crawford (1921–2005), American football player
Denny Crum (1937–2023), American basketball coach
Denny Doherty (1940–2007), Canadian musician and former member of the folk group The Mamas & the Papas
Dennis Douds (born 1941), American football coach
Denny Dillon (born 1951), American actress and comedian
Denham Fouts (1914–1948), American male prostitute and socialite
Denny Hamlin (born 1980), American NASCAR auto racer
Denny Harriger (born 1969), American baseball player
Dennis Hastert (born 1942), American politician and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Denny Hocking (born 1970), American baseball player
Denny Hughes (1894–1953), American football player
Denny Hulme (1938–1992), New Zealand Formula One auto racer
Denny Kantono (born 1970), Indonesian retired badminton player
Denny Laine (born 1944), English rock musician
Denny Landzaat (born 1976), Dutch footballer
Denny Lemaster (born 1939), American baseball player
Denny Mack (1850–1888), American baseball player and manager
Denny Matthews (born 1942), American sportscaster
Denny Méndez (born 1978), Dominican-Italian actress and model
Denny McCarthy (born 1993), American golfer
Denny McKnight (1848–1900), American baseball executive
Denny McLain (born 1944), American baseball player
Denny McNamara (born 1952), American politician
Denny Morrison (born 1985), Canadian world and Olympic champion speedskater
Denny Moyer (1939–2010), American boxer, world light middleweight champion
Denny Myers (1905–1957), American football player and coach
Denny Neagle (born 1968), American baseball player
Dennis O'Neil (1939–2020), American comic book writer and editor
Denny R. (born 1994), Filipino author under the pen name HaveYouSeenThisGirL
Denny Ramsden (born 1990), Canadian road bicycle racer
Denny Rehberg (born 1955), American politician
Denny Seiwell (born 1943), American rock musician
Denny Siegel, American actress, comedian and writer
Denny Shute (1904–1974), American golfer
Denny Smith (born 1938), American businessman and politician
Denny Solomona (born 1993), New Zealand rugby league player
Denny Stark (born 1974), American baseball player
Denny Vargas (born 1990), Dominican footballer
Denny Walling (born 1954), American baseball player

Dennie

Dennie Christian (born 1956), German singer
Dennie Gordon (born 1953), American film and television director
Dennie L. Farr (1861–1909), American businessman and politician
Dennie Moore (1902–1978), American film and stage actress
Dennie Olde Kalter (born 1991), Dutch darts player
Dennie Oxley (born 1970), American politician

Fictional characters

Denny Crane, in the American TV series Boston Legal
Denny Duquette, in the American TV series Grey's Anatomy
Dennis “Denny” Rickman Jr, in the British soap opera EastEnders
Denny, in the film The Room
Mr. Denny, in Pride and Prejudice .

Other uses

Denny (hybrid hominin), name given to a fossil of an archaic human