Demetrius

Greek
"follower of Demeter"

Demetrius Origin and Meaning

The name Demetrius is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "follower of Demeter".

Classical and Shakespearean name that may appeal if you like your names long, flowing and multicultural.

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Famous People Named Demetrius

  • Demetrius
    silversmith of Ephesus (Acts 19:24)
  • Demetrius
    praised by the apostle John (3 John 12)
  • Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
    Russian priest and missionary
  • Demetrius Jackson
    American basketball player
  • Demetrius Cesar Andrade
    American boxer
  • Demetrius "Red" Pugh
    American rapper of group Another Bad Creation"
  • Demetrius Stewart aka Shawty Redd
    American rapper
  • Demetrius Vikelas
    Greek businessman; first president of the IOC
  • Demetrius Joyette
    Canadian actor
  • Demetrius Grosse
    American actor

Demetrius in Pop Culture

  • Demetrius
    character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream"
  • Demetrius
    character in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
  • Demetrius
    character in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
  • Demetrius
    a main character in Friedrich Schiller's dramatic fragment of the same name, Alexander Pushkin's blank verse drama Boris Godunov and several other works of literature; modelled after Tsar False Dimitry I
  • Demetrius Williams
    character in Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala" and 1991 film
  • Demetrius
    character in Lloyd C. Douglas' "The Robe" and its film, "Demetrius and the Gladiators"

International Variations of Demetrius

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