Demetrius

Meaning: Its source is Demetrios, a Greek name meaning "Follower of Demeter."

Languages: This boy's name is used in English.

Feminine Forms: Demetria

Non-English Forms: Demetrio, Dmitri, Dimitri, Demeter and Demetrjusz

Source Forms: Demetrios

Popularity: The name Demetrius ranked 405th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 527th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.

Narrative: Demeter was the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, known to the Romans as Ceres.

During her daughter Persephone's yearly exile to the underworld where her son-in-law Hades reigned, Demeter was thought to neglect her responsibilities, causing the world to suffer with her through the desolate winter months.

Miscellaneous

Demetrius
Silversmith at Ephesus who stirred up a riot against Paul to protect his trade in shrines and trinkets of the goddess Artemis.
- Appears in Acts (see list of Biblical Names from the New Testament)

The Literary World

Demetrius
- A friend to Antony in Antony and Cleopatra; this is also the name of a villian in Titus Andronicus and one of the quartet of lovers in A Midsummer Night''s Dream (see list of Shakespearean Characters)


Demetria
Dimitria
Demetrio
Dimitrije
Demetrjusz
Deandrea
Demetrios
Damayanti
Demetra
Demetrice
Demitra
Dimitra
Dmitri
Dimitri
Demeter

Teasing Nicknames:

Meat
Tre
Da Meat

Meaning: Its source is Demetrios, a Greek name meaning "Follower of Demeter."

Popularity: The name Demetrius ranked 3135th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

This name is usually reserved for males. In part, it could owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.

Narrative: Demeter was the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, known to the Romans as Ceres.

During her daughter Persephone's yearly exile to the underworld (where Persephone's husband, Hades, reigned), Demeter was thought to neglect her responsibilities, causing the world to suffer with her through the desolate winter months.

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