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Demi - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Demi

[ 2 syll. de-mi, dem-i ] The girl name Demi is pronounced DEHMiy KEY. Demi is of Old Greek and French origin. It is used mainly in English and Greek. From Old Greek and French roots, its meaning is 'half' - in this context, Demi is usually used in the English language.

In addition, Demi is an English and Greek short form of the Italian Demetria. A form of Demi is the Dutch and English spelling variant Demy.

Demi is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1995, 0.019% of baby girls were named Demi. It had a ranking of #611 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only irregular use now. Within all girl names in its family, Demi was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Demi include the English Daina, the Italian and Spanish Dama, the English Damey, the English Dami, the English Damie, the English, Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, and Slavic Dana, the English Danae, the English Danaë, the English Danee, the English Dani, the Hebrew, Scandinavian, and German Dania, the English Danie, the English Danna, the English Danni, the English Dannie, the English Danny, the French and German Dany, the English, Russian, and Hebrew Danya, the English Dawna, and the English Dawnelle.

A famous person named Demi is Actress, Demi Moore, born Demetria Guynes 11 November 1962, Roswell, New Mexico.

KEY: Pronunciation for Demi: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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