Given name & surname
Dimitra
Dimitra is a feminine given name from Greek. It is used in English and Sicilian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dimitra 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dimitra 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
Dimitra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 898
- 0 boys · 898 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,242 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,242 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,425 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.
Dimitra’s family of names
Dimitra has a related form in Demeter. In English usage, Dimitra was borrowed from the Greek form Δήμητρα. In Greek usage, Dimitra as a surname is a transliteration of Δημητρά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dimitra
- Dimitra AsilianGreek water polo playerborn 1972
- Dimitra KontouGreek rowerborn 2005
- Dimitra ArlissAmerican actress (1932–2012)
- Dimitra GalaniGreek singer and composerborn 1952
- Dimitra ArapoglouGreek politicianborn 1958
- Dimitra KalentzouGreek basketball player (born 1978)
- Dimitra DovaGreek sprinterborn 1974
- Dimitra GnafakiGreek female hurdlerborn 1997
- Dimitra PapadopoulouGreek actress and screenwriterborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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