Given name & surname
Demeter
Demeter is a unisex given name. It is used in English, Hungarian, Romanian, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Demeter is associated with the goddess of the harvest.
Demeter through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 5 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,309 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Demeter’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Demeter has a diminutive in DEMKO. In English usage, Demeter has a later derivative in DOME. In Hungarian usage, Demeter has a conventional equivalent in the English form Demetrius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Demeter has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Demeter
- Demeter BitencSlovenian actor (1922–2018)
- Dem RădulescuRomanian actor (1931-2000)
- Demeter Csáthi1500–1600
- Dimitrije FrušićSerbian medical doctor and journalist (1790–1838)
- Demeter LaccatarisAustrian artist (1798-1864)
- Demeter NaprágyiRoman Catholic archbishop, politician (1556/64-1619)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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