Given name & surname
Demian
Demian is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,119
- 2,105 boys · 14 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,489 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,489 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 90 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,563 as a first name in 2020; 563 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.
Demian’s family of names
In Greek usage, Demian as a surname is a transliteration of Ντεμιάν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Demian
- Demian MaiaBrazilian mixed martial artistborn 1977
- Demyan KorotchenkoSoviet Ukrainian politician (1894-1969)
- Demian MnohohrishnyHetman of Ukrainian Cossacks1621–1703
- Demyan HanulUkrainian activist (1993–2025)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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