Given name
Demetra
“mother goddess”
Demetra is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Demetra goes back to Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ, meaning “mother goddess.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Demetra is a variant of Demeter. An origin associated with Demeter is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Demetra is a variant of Demeter. The history of Demeter gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Demeter is associated with the goddess of the harvest.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Demetra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,217
- 12 boys · 4,205 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 133 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,228 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,228 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 127 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,295 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Demetra’s family of names
Demetra has a related form in Demeter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Demetra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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