Demetrius

Greek

"follower of Demeter"

Demetrius Origin and Meaning

Variation of Dmitri

Demetrius Rank in US Top 1000

# 889 in the US

Demetrius Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1303 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Demetrius

• 889 US 2023
• 1303 Nameberry 2025
• 38 Unique 2024

20 Names Similar to Demetrius

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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

The name 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"
• Demetrius character in the video game "Stardew Valley"

International Variations of the name 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