Denzel

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This article is about the name. For the Austrian automobile, see Denzel (automobile).

Denzel, when used as a male name, ultimately derives from the Cornish language and means "from the high stronghold" or "fertile ground."[1]

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:

  1. ^ Isebell Gauche (2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised Discover the Promise Your Name Holds!. Christian Art Distributors Pty Limited, ISBN 9781415316269,
  2. ^ Lysons, Daniel, and Lysons, Samuel. Magna Britannia; Being A Concise Topographical Account Of The Several Counties Of Great Britain: Cornwall. 3. United Kingdom, T. Cadell And W. Davies, 1814, pp. 7-8