The name Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Greek name Demetrios, which is a masculine variant of Demeter. This is the Greek goddess of agriculture and her name is believed to mean ‘earth mother’.
Demetrius is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Demetrius isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Demetrius ranks 681. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Demetrius. In the entire USA, approximately 33,017 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Demetrius. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
The name Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Greek name Demetrios, which is a masculine variant of Demeter. This is the Greek goddess of agriculture and her name is believed to mean ‘earth mother’.
Demetrius is considered... a classic and strong name, that was quite popular during the 1980s and 1990s.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter D is a quite popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 8.5% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters J and A are more common for boys' names.
With nine letters, the name Demetrius is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 8.5% of all boys' names start with a D, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the boys’ names starting with D is David.
If your name is Demetrius and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Demetrius, you can simply say:
Dinosaur
Elephant
Mouse
Elephant
Tiger
Rocket
Igloo
Unicorn
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Demetrius
Demetrius
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Demetrius sounds like this:
