FromAncient GreekΔημήτριος(Dēmḗtrios, literally“belonging toΔημήτηρ(Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); fromΔή(Dḗ), an early form ofγῆ(gê,“earth”) +μήτηρ(mḗtēr,“mother”).Doublet ofDimitris andDmitry.
Demetrius
- A malegiven name from Ancient Greek.
1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,3 John1:12, column 2:Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and wealſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true.
2007,Don DeLillo,Falling Man, Scribner,→ISBN, page105:The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it,Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower.
male given name
- Akkadian:(pleaseverify)𒁲𒂊𒁁𒊑𒋢(de-e-meṭ-ri-su)
- Albanian:Dhimitër
- Armenian:Դեմետր(Demetr),Դեմետրիոս(Demetrios)
- Belarusian:Дзмі́трый m(Dzmítryj),Змі́цер m(Zmícjer),Дзьмі́тры m(Dzʹmítry),Зьмі́цер m(Zʹmícjer)(dated or Taraškievica orthography)
- Roman:Dzmitryj m,Zmicier m,Dźmitry m,Źmicier m(łacinka)
- Bulgarian:Дими́тър (bg) m(Dimítǎr)
- Cherokee:ᏗᎻᏟᏯ(dimitliya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:德米特里(Démǐtèlǐ)
- Chuvash:Мӗтри(Mĕtri)
- Erzya:Митяй(Miťaj),Митрей(Mitrej),Минько(Mińko)
- Finnish:Demetrios
- French:Démétrios m,Démétrius m
- Georgian:დემეტრე(demeṭre),დიმიტრი(dimiṭri)
- German:Demetrius (de) m
- Greek:Δημήτριος (el) m(Dimítrios),Δημήτρης (el) m(Dimítris)
- Hebrew:דמיטרי m(dmitrij)
- Hungarian:Demeter (hu),Dömötör (hu)
- Italian:Demetrio (it) m
- Japanese:ドミトリー (ja)(Domitorī)
- Korean:드미트리(Deumiteuri)
- Latin:Dēmētrius m
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari:Мичу(Miču),Метрий(Metrij),Митриш(Mitriš)
- Persian:دمیتری
- Polish:Demetriusz (pl) m,Dymitr (pl) m
- Portuguese:Demétrio (pt) m
- Romanian:Dumitru m,Demis m,Demetrius m
- Cyrillic:Думитру m(Dumitru)
- Russian:Дми́трий (ru) m(Dmítrij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:Димитрие m,Дмитар m
- Roman:Dimitrie m,Dmitar m
- Slovak:Demeter m
- Spanish:Demetrio (es) m
- Thai:ดมิตรี(dà-mí-dtree)
- Turkish:Demeter (tr)
- Ukrainian:Дмитро́ (uk) m(Dmytró)
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Borrowed fromAncient GreekΔημήτριος(Dēmḗtrios)
Dēmētrius m sg (genitiveDēmētriīorDēmētrī);second declension
- a malegiven name from Ancient Greek
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
