Given name & surname
Dimas
“a follower of the goddess Demeter”
Dimas is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dimas is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dimas is a variant of Dymas. An origin associated with Dymas is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dimas is a variant of Dymas. The history of Dymas gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Dymas is associated with the father of Hecabe.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dimas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,834
- 1,834 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,898 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,898 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,415 as a first name in 2020; 6,349 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.
Dimas’s family of names
Dimas has a related form in Demetrius. Dimas has a related form in Dymas. In Portuguese usage, Dimas has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form DYZMA.
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dimas
- Penitent thiefChristian saint; thief pardoned by Jesus on the cross in Luke 23:39-43
- DimasPortuguese footballerborn 1969
- Dimas Lara BarbosaCatholic archbishopborn 1956
- Dimas DelgadoSpanish footballerborn 1983
- Dimas FilgueirasBrazilian footballer1944–2023
- DimasBrazilian association football playerborn 1984
- Dimas Antonio Acuña JiménezColombian Catholic prelate (born 1972)
- Dimas BeckIndonesian singer and actorborn 1988
- Dimas SetoIndonesian actorborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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