Demetrius

This article is about a given name. For other uses, see Demetrius (disambiguation).

Demetrius
A statue of the goddess Demeter
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	tribute to Goddess of Grain: Demeter, Mother-Earth
Other names
Related names	Dimitrije, Demetria, Dimitrios, Demetra

Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dimitri, Demitri, and Dimitrije, in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitri) descended from it.

Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:

• Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, ruled in 189–232
• Demetrius of Alopece (4th century BC), Greek sculptor noted for his realism
• Demetrius of Phalerum (c 350-280 BC)
• Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BC), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BC
• Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC
• Demetrius, son of Philip V of Macedon
• Demetrius the Chronographer (late 3rd century BC), Jewish chronicler (historian)
• Demetrius I Soter (185–150 BC), king of Syria
• Demetrius I of Bactria (d. 180 BC), Greek king of Bactria
• Demetrius II of India (fl. early 2nd century BC), possible relative of the above
• Demetrius II Nicator (d. 125 BC), son of Demetrius I Soter
• Demetrius III Aniketos, Indo-Greek king c. 100 BC
• Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC), son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid King
• Demetrius the Cynic (1st century), Cynic philosopher
• Demetrius of Thessaloniki (d. 306), Christian martyr and saint
• Demetrius Zvonimir (died 1089), King of Croatia 1075–1089
• Demetrius I of Georgia, son of David IV of Georgia the Great, (1125–1156)
• Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1861–1870
• Demetrius, a main character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Demetrius is also a villainous character in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy, Titus Andronicus
• Demetrius, a character in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala
• Demetrius, a Greek slave in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel The Robe and its film sequel below
• Demetrius and the Gladiators, a 1953 20th Century Fox film
• Demetri, a fictional character in the Twilight fantasy series
• Demetri Martin, American comedian
• Demitri Maximoff, a vampire from the Capcom video game series Darkstalkers
• Demetri McCamey, American basketball player
• Dimitrij, an opera by Antonín Dvořák
• Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Russian prince
• Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia
• Dmitri Mendeleev Russian chemist, creator of the first periodic table
• Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter Call of Duty: World at War
• Dmitri Shostakovich Russian composer
• Dimitri Kitsikis Greek Geopolitician
• Dimitrios Salpingidis Greek footballer
• Dimitrios Papadopoulos Greek footballer
• Dimitrios Siovas Greek footballer
• Dimitrije Tucović Serbian politician
• Dimitrije Injac Serbian footballer
• Dimitrije Ljotić Serbian politician
• Dimitrije Pejanović Serbian handballer
• Dimitrije Mitrinović Serbian writer
• Dimitri Davidović Serbian footballer
• Dositej Obradović Serbian writer
• Dimitrije Ruvarac Serbian writer
• Dimitrije Banjac Serbian actor
• Dome Sztojay Serbian politician
• Dimitrije Avramović Serbian painter
• Dimitrije T. Leko Serbian architect
• Dimitrije Pavlović - Patriarch Dimitrije Patriarch of Serbia
• Dimitrije Bašičević Serbian painter
• Dimitri Nanopoulos Greek Physicist
• Lucia Demetrius, Romanian writer
• Vasile Demetrius, Romanian writer

In other languages

• Albanian: Dhimitër, Mitro
• Belarusian: Зьміцер, Дзмітрый (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
• Croatian: Dmitar
• Dutch: Dimitri
• English: Demetrius, Demetri, Demetry
• Esperanto: Zmitro
• Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
• French: Dimitri
• Georgian: დემეტრე (Demetre), დიმიტრი (Dimitri), დიტო (Dito), დუტა (Duta), დიმა (Dima), მიტო (Mito)
• German: Demetrius
• Modern Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης, Μήτρος, Μήτσος, Μητσάρας (Dimitrios, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras)
• Hebrew: (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי‎
• Hungarian: Dömötör
• Italian: Demetrio, Dimitricode: it is deprecated
• Macedonian: Димитар, Димитриja
• Norwegian: Deiomitry
• Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
• Portuguese: Demétrio
• Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
• Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitriy), Дима (Dima), Митя (Mitya)
• Serbian: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Митар (Mitar), Дмитар (Dmitar), Мита (Mita), Мића (Mića)
• Slovak: Demeter
• Slovene: Dimitrij, Mitja
• Spanish: Demetrio
• Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)

References

• Demetrius Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology