Given name & surname
Demos
“of the common people”·“of the people”
Demos is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “of the common people” (Greek) and “of the people” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original GreekΔέμος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the common people” (Greek) and “of the people” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 1,633 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.
Demos’s family of names
Demos has a related form in Demmos. Demos has a related form in Demmus. Demos has a related form in Demus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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