Fun Facts About the Name Demitrius
- More than 1 thousand babies named Demitrius: U.S. records list 1,977 babies given the name Demitrius from 1880 through 2025. Even 11 girls received the name Demitrius - about 1 girl for every 179 boys.
What Does the Name Demitrius Mean?
Demitrius is a spelling variant of Demetrius, the English form of the Greek name Dēmētrios (Δημήτριος), which means "of Demeter" or "belonging to Demeter." It was formed from the name of the Greek goddess Dēmētēr plus the common Greek suffix -ios, so the literal sense is "dedicated to Demeter," not a description of a personal quality. Demeter was the goddess of grain and the harvest.
The meaning of Demeter's own name is not settled. Its second element is generally connected with Greek mētēr, "mother," and the first has been explained as an old word for "earth," which yields the familiar interpretation "earth mother." Other scholars treat the first element as pre-Greek and leave it unexplained. That uncertainty carries over to Demitrius: what is reliable is the name's link to the goddess, not a translation of her name.
The i in the second syllable does not point to a separate origin. It is an English respelling of the same Greek name, which appears in other languages as Russian Dmitri and Dmitry, Italian Dimitri, and Spanish Demetrio.
Demitrius Name History & Origins
The Greek Dēmētrios was in wide use in the Hellenistic period. Several Macedonian rulers bore it, most notably Demetrius I Poliorcetes (c. 337 - 283 BC), and Demetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian statesman and writer. In the New Testament, a Demetrius is named as a silversmith who opposed Paul's preaching at Ephesus in Acts, and another Demetrius is praised in the Third Letter of John.
The name's spread through Eastern Christianity is tied above all to Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a martyr venerated from the fourth century who became one of the most prominent military saints of the Orthodox Church. From Greek the name passed into Latin as Demetrius and into the Slavic churches as Dmitrii, which in turn produced the Russian Dmitri and Dmitry - the name of Saint Dmitri Donskoy and of the tsarevich Dmitri. In English, Demetrius is one of the young lovers in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595); this is a well-known literary use, not the name's first appearance in English.
Demitrius is the same name written with an i in the second syllable, a respelling that appears alongside Demetrius, Dimitrius, and Dmitrius. It carries no separate origin, meaning, or development of its own.
How Popular is the Name Demitrius?
Demitrius has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #1,275 in 1992.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | #10,896 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #8,233 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,115 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,172 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #6,990 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #5,486 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #6,097 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #6,042 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,209 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #3,809 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #7,217 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #3,905 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #4,325 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #3,814 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #4,845 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #3,247 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #3,183 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #2,694 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #2,766 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 2008 | #2,692 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 49 | 0.0024% |
| 2006 | #2,292 | 55 | 0.0027% |
| 2005 | #2,011 | 62 | 0.0031% |
| 2004 | #2,609 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2003 | #1,942 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 2002 | #2,024 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2001 | #2,163 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2000 | #2,176 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #2,108 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 1998 | #1,773 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #2,269 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #1,824 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #1,564 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 1994 | #1,613 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1993 | #1,800 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 1992 | #1,275 | 79 | 0.0040% |
| 1991 | #1,506 | 58 | 0.0029% |
| 1990 | #1,951 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 1989 | #1,572 | 51 | 0.0025% |
| 1988 | #1,739 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1987 | #2,027 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #2,537 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #1,875 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1984 | #1,735 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1983 | #1,971 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1982 | #2,449 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #2,218 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1980 | #1,629 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1979 | #1,724 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1978 | #1,661 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 1977 | #2,078 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1976 | #2,264 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1975 | #1,670 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 1974 | #2,064 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1973 | #2,628 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #2,264 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #2,393 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1970 | #3,118 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #2,448 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #3,171 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #2,820 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #2,250 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1965 | #3,622 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,101 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,734 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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