Demetrios

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from Demeter

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dɪmɛtɹioʊs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Demetrios is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Greece than in any other country, where it is the 46th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • GRGreece1 in 33as Δημήτριος(measured from records)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 735as Dimitrios
  • DEGermany≈1 in 9.9Kas Dimitrios

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Demetrios itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Greece (measured from records)

318,608 named Δημήτριος, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
294 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 33 (inferred from the name graph)

Greece, as Δημήτριος

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ΔημητριοςGreek(measured from records)
DimitriosLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dimitrios in US United States, DE Germany, CY Cyprus and 1 more and Δημητριος in GR Greece.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Demeter

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Demetrios counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Demetrios is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GR Greece#46318,608as Δημήτριος1 in 33319KΔημητριος218
US United States—26,043as Demetrius1 in 13K25KDimitrios294
DE Germany#962≈8,100 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Dimitrios157
BR Brazil—1,850as Demetrius1 in 114K1.9K—3
CY Cyprus#43≈1,700 est.≈1 in 735—Dimitrios45
SE Sweden—1,083as Dimitrios1 in 9.4K1.1KDimitrios43
IS Iceland—32as Dimitrios1 in 11K32——

318,608 people counted by ELSTAT — population given names, 2021, counting the spelling δημήτριος. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: ELSTAT — population given names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Demetrios is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Demétrios, Demetríos, Démetrios, Dēmḗtrios, Dēmētrios

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Dēmētrios, Dēmḗtrios, Démétrios

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Démétrios, Dēmētrios

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

    Also written Demétrios

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Dēmētrios

  • Russian given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Peru, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Димитриос, Dimitrios, Demetrio, Дімітріос, Димитріос

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, b. 1301Demetrios Nomikos, b. 1680Demetrios Stavrakis, b. 1735Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, b. 1839Demetrios Magiros, b. 1912Demetrios James Caraley, b. 1932Dimitrios Giannaros, b. 1949Demetrios Christodoulou, b. 1951George Papadopoulos, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Demetrios,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Demetrios
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.7K#6,037
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—1.2K#3,298
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—1.2K#8,143
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022948—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—946#8,600
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010910—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000824—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990658—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980388—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1970275—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1980270—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1990166—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Demetrios mean, and where does it come from?
from Demeter Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Demetrios?
A machine transcription gives /dɪmɛtɹioʊs/ (IPA) for English.
Is Demetrios a male or female name?
Demetrios is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Demetrios?
In the etymology graph, Demetrio, Demetrius and Dimitri are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Demetrios have the most bearers?
In Greece, the national register counted about 319 thousand people named Δημήτριος, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Demetrios most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Demetrios itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Greece's: the national register counts about 1 in 33 people named Δημήτριος.
How common is the name Demetrios?
In Greece, the national register counted 318,608 people named Δημήτριος in 2021, about 1 in 33 residents.
How common is Demetrios compared with other names?
In Greece, Demetrios is the 46th most common given name of 24,546 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Demetrios” — the 46th most common given name in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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