Fun Facts About the Name Dimitrius
- 967 babies named Dimitrius: U.S. records list 967 babies given the name Dimitrius from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dimitrius Mean?
Dimitrius is a spelling of the name better known in English as Demetrius, which comes from the Greek Dēmētrios (Δημήτριος). It means "belonging to Demeter" or "devoted to Demeter." The name was built from Dēmētēr, the Greek goddess of grain and the harvest, plus the possessive ending -ios, so a Dēmētrios was literally someone consecrated to her.
The meaning of the goddess's own name is not settled. One long-standing explanation divides it into dē (Doric Greek dā), "earth," and mētēr, "mother," yielding "earth mother" or "mother earth." Other scholars link the first element to words for barley or grain rather than to "earth." The customary translation "belonging to Demeter" is reliable; the inner etymology of Demeter is not.
The initial i in Dimitrius reflects the later Greek spelling Dimitrios, used in Byzantine and modern Greek, and the Slavic forms Dimitri and Dmitri, rather than the classical Latin Demetrius with its e.
Dimitrius Name History & Origins
Dēmētrios was a common name in the Greek world and especially in Macedonia. It was borne by Demetrius I Poliorcetes (around 337 - 283 BC), one of the successors of Alexander the Great, and by several later kings of the Seleucid dynasty and of Macedon. Through Greek contact with Rome it passed into Latin as Demetrius.
The name appears twice in the New Testament: a silversmith named Demetrius who stirs up a riot at Ephesus in the Acts of the Apostles, and a Demetrius praised in the Third Letter of John. A far greater influence on its later use was Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a martyr traditionally dated to the early fourth century. His shrine in Thessaloniki became a major pilgrimage center, and churches were dedicated to him across the Byzantine world.
From Byzantine Greek the name spread into the Slavic and Orthodox world as Dimitri and Dmitri, and into Russian as Dmitriy, forms in which the vowel shifted toward i. Dimitrius is a Latinized rendering of that i-spelling with the Latin ending -us. In English writing, the classical form Demetrius has generally been the more familiar one; it appears, for example, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Titus Andronicus, a literary use quite separate from the name's ancient origin.
How Popular is the Name Dimitrius?
Dimitrius 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 1998. Its best rank was #2,210 in 1998.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,122 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,238 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #9,127 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #7,903 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,338 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #7,650 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,778 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #6,434 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #6,117 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,826 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,634 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #6,741 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,732 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #5,782 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #6,332 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #4,144 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #4,795 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #3,960 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #5,721 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #4,260 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #5,365 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #3,305 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #4,873 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #3,476 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #3,008 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #2,936 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #2,362 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #2,210 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1997 | #3,280 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1996 | #2,771 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #2,947 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #2,405 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1993 | #2,468 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #2,320 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1991 | #3,500 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #4,030 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #3,670 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #3,753 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #3,586 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #3,493 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #3,456 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #3,141 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #3,111 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #3,160 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #3,467 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #4,230 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #3,410 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #4,257 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #3,251 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #2,982 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #3,497 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #4,294 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #5,293 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #3,412 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #3,201 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,952 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #2,737 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #4,115 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,312 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,325 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,716 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #2,950 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #4,172 | 5 | 0.0002% |
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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How the Name Dimitrius Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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