Denzel
Name list
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Denzel, when used as a male name, ultimately derives from the Cornish language and means "from the high stronghold" or "fertile ground."[1]
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There was a manor in St Mawgan, Cornwall, named Denzell. The manor dates to at least the early 1500s and was described in volume 3 of Magna Britannia (1814) as being the home of an "ancient family of that name".[2]
Notable individuals with the name include
- Denzel Akyeampong (born 2004), English footballer
- Denzel Bentley (born 1995), English boxer
- Denzel Boston, American football player
- Denzel Bowles (born 1989), American basketball player
- Denzel Budde (born 1997), Dutch footballer
- Denzel Burke (born 2002), American football player
- Denzel Clarke (born 2000), Canadian baseball player
- Denzel Comenentia (born 1995), Dutch athlete
- Denzel Curry (born 1995), American rapper
- Denzel Daxon (born 1999), Bahamian American football player
- Denzel De Roeve (born 2004), Belgian footballer
- Denzel Devall (born 1994), American football player
- Denzel Dumfries (born 1996), Dutch footballer
- Denzelle Good (born 1991), American football player
- Denzel Hall (born 2001), Dutch footballer
- Denzel Jubitana (born 1999), Belgian footballer
- Denzel Livingston (born 1993), American basketball player
- Denzel Mahoney (born 1998), American basketball player
- Denzel Mims (born 1997), American football player
- Denzel Nkemdiche (born 1993), American football player
- Denzel Nogueira Damasceno (born 2003), Brazilian footballer
- Denzel Perryman (born 1992), American football player
- Denzel Prempeh (born 1984), Ghanaian musician
- Denzel Radford (born 1994), Canadian football player
- Denzel Ramirez (born 1983), Trinidadian runner
- Denzel Rice (born 1993), American football player
- Denzel Slager (born 1993), Dutch footballer
- Denzel Valentine (born 1993), American basketball player
- Denzel Ward (born 1997), American football player
- Denzel Washington (born 1954), American actor
- Denzel Whitaker (born 1990), American actor
Surname
- John Denzel (??–1535), English landowner
- Peter Denzel (born 1939), Austrian sailor
- Yomi Denzel (born 1996), Swiss-Nigerian entrepreneur
Fictional characters
- Mr. Denzel Crocker, a fictional character in The Fairly OddParents
See also
- Danzel (born 1976), Belgian dance musician
- Denzil (disambiguation)
