DEMETRIUS  

Gender: M
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "follower of Demeter"

Popularity in 2008: #520

Classic Greek name that is hard to think of without following it with "...and the Gladiators". Dimitri would be far cooler.

Variations:
Demitrio, Dametrius, Demetrice, Demetris, Dimetre, Dimitrious, Dimitry, Demetrien, Dmitry, Demitrios, Dmitrios, Dimitrios

International Variations:
Dimitr (Bulgarian) Demetre (French) Demetri, Demitrius, Dhimitrios, Mitros, Mimis, Dimos, Takis, Dimitros, Mitsos, Demetrios (Greek) Dymitr, Dometer, Demeter, Domotor (Polish) Dima, Dmitrik, Mitya, Dimitri, Dmitri (Russian) Demetrio (Spanish)

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