# Demetrius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/demetrius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “belonging to δημήτηρ (dēmḗtēr)”, “the earth goddess”, “earth”, “mother” |
| Pronunciation | /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36,064 / 1,727 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 75, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.

## What it means

Demetrius is grouped under earth and mother.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 43 | 2,499 |
| 1989 | 39 | 2,826 |
| 1990 | 22 | 4,407 |
| 1991 | 27 | 3,850 |
| 1992 | 24 | 4,271 |
| 1993 | 19 | 5,043 |
| 1994 | 19 | 5,077 |
| 1995 | 13 | 6,742 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,320 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,519 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,363 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8,962 |
| 2000 | 7 | 12,127 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,333 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,628 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 432 | 580 |
| 2012 | 396 | 616 |
| 2013 | 425 | 597 |
| 2014 | 362 | 690 |
| 2015 | 374 | 679 |
| 2016 | 333 | 734 |
| 2017 | 325 | 734 |
| 2018 | 346 | 700 |
| 2019 | 283 | 808 |
| 2020 | 266 | 856 |
| 2021 | 286 | 831 |
| 2022 | 229 | 985 |
| 2023 | 261 | 890 |
| 2024 | 213 | 1,042 |
| 2025 | 164 | 1,229 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 1,591 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Դեմետր, Դեմետրիոս
- Bulgarian: Дими́тър
- Chinese: 德米特里
- Esperanto: Demetrio
- Finnish: Demetrios
- French: Démétrios, Démétrius
- Georgian: დემეტრე, დიმიტრი
- German: Demetrius
- Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης
- Hebrew: דמיטרי
- Hungarian: Demeter, Dömötör
- Italian: Demetrio
- Japanese: ドミトリー
- Korean: 드미트리
- Latin: Dēmētrius
- Polish: Demetriusz, Dymitr
- Portuguese: Demétrio
- Romanian: Dumitru, Demis, Demetrius, Думитру
- Russian: Дми́трий
- Slovak: Demeter

## People named Demetrius

- Demetrius Grosse, American actor
- Demetrius Pinder, Bahamian sprinter
- Demetrius Andrade, American boxer
- Demetrius I Starshy, Belarusian noble
- Demetrius Shipp Jr., American actor
- Demetrius Jackson, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Demetrius of Imereti, Georgian prince
- Demetrius Alexander, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Demetrius Conger, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Demetrius Ferreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Demetrius Joyette, Canadian actor
- Tony Battie, American basketball player (born 1976)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.