Given name · also Latin
Démétrius
Démétrius is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.
Original LatinDemetrius
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Démétrius comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Démétrius developed from Δημήτριος.
Démétrius’s family of names
In French usage, Démétrius developed from the Ancient Greek form Δημήτριος. In French usage, Démétrius has a conventional equivalent in the English form Demetrius. In French usage, Démétrius was borrowed from the Latin form Demetrius.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Démétrius has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Démétrius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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