Given name
Dimitrios
“a follower of the goddess Demeter”
Dimitrios is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dimitrios is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dimitrios is a variant of Demetrius. An origin associated with Demetrius is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dimitrios through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,682
- 2,682 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,464 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,464 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 76 in 1976. In 2025, New York and Pennsylvania shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,088 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.
Dimitrios’s family of names
Dimitrios has a related form in Demetrius.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dimitrios
- Dimitrios KasdaglisBritish tennis player of Greek origin, resident in Egypt (1872-1931)
- Dimitrios GounarisGreek politician1866–1922
- Dimitrios PelkasGreek association football player (born 1993)
- Pope Demetrius II of AlexandriaCoptic pope of Alexandria1800–1870
- Dimitrios PandermalisGreek archaeologist (1940–2022)
- Dimitrios KatsivelisGreek basketball player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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