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Demetrios - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Demetrios

[ syll. de-me-trios, dem-etri-os ] The boy name Demetrios is pronounced DIHMEHTRiyowZ KEY. Demetrios' origin is Old Greek, and its use, Greek. Demetrios is a variation of the English Demetrius.

Demetrios is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1974, 0.004% of baby boys were named Demetrios. It ranked at #954 then. The baby name has since dropped in popularity, and is used on a very light scale today. Within the group of boy names directly related to Demetrios, the English Demetrius was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Demetrios include the English Demetrius, the English Demitrius, the Greek Dimitrios, the Polish Demetrjusz, the Russian Dimitrij, and the Russian Dmitrik.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Demetrios: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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