Demetrio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dimitris in GR Greece, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 7 more, Dimitri in CA Canada, BE Belgium, ZA South Africa, Demetris in US United States and Δημητρης in CY Cyprus.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Demetrio is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name60K records spelled Demetrio10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Venezuela, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Demétrio, Demetrío

• a separate given name3.8K records spelled Demetrio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, Italy

  Also written Demétrio, Démetrio

• Indonesian given name996 records spelled Demetrio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, United States

  Also written Demétrio

• Swahili given name528 records spelled Demetrio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Demétrio

• Arabic given name506 records spelled Demetrio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Egypt, Spain

  Also written Demétrio

• Polish given name389 records spelled Demetrio29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Russia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Dimitrios, Димитриос, Дімітріос, Demetrios, Деметрий

• Swedish given name339 records spelled Demetrio6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Norway, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Demétrio

44 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.

Other recorded senses●

Demetrio is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, Dal greco Dēmḗtrios, 'consacrato a Demetra'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, dal gr. Dēmḗtrios, ‘di Demetra’

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Da Deméler, Dea corrispondente alla romana Cerere. Molti Santi; perciò l'onomastico varia secondo i luoghi. Ma è nome raro tra i Cattolici; frequente invece nelle Cliiese orieutali. In Friuli, Mitri, divenuto cognome.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In French, Du grec Dēmḗtrios, « consacré à Déméter »; nom masculin de tradition grecque.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Forme italienne/espagnole de Démétrios, « de Déméter ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 116 years between 1908–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Demetrios Kydonesb. 1320GRnot in their usual nameByzantine statesman (1324–1398)
• Dimitris Fotiadisb. 1884GRnot in their usual nameGreek architect
• Demetrio Neyrab. 1908PEPeruvian footballer (1908-1957)
• Demetrio Aguilera Maltab. 1909ECwriter (1909–1981)
• Demetrios I of Constantinopleb. 1914TRnot in their usual namePatriarch of Constantinople (1914-1991)
• Demetrio B. Lakasb. 1925PAPresident of Panama (1925-1999)
• Demetrio Volcicb. 1931ITItalian politician (1931–2021)
• Demetrio Angolab. 1965BOBolivian association football player
• Demetrio Albertinib. 1971ITItalian association football player
• Demetrio Lozanob. 1975ESSpanish handball player

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 675 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Demetrio?

We estimate roughly 86 thousand people bear Demetrio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Demetrio have the most bearers?

Demetrio is most frequently recorded in Greece, where it is most often spelled dimitris.

How common is Demetrio compared with other names?

In Greece, Demetrio is the 10th most common given name of 23,464 given names recorded there.

Is Demetrio a male or female name?

Demetrio 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 does the name Demetrio mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius