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, Dimitris, Dmitry, Dimitar, Mitar, Dmytro, Dimitrie, Dumitru |
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, and Dimitrije,[1][2] in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it.
Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:
- Demetrius of Alopece (4th century BC), Greek sculptor noted for his realism
- Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 350 – c. 280 BC)
- Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BCE), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BCE
- Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC
- Demetrius, son of Philip V of Macedon
- Demetrius of Pharos (c. 222 – 219 BC)
- 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 BCE), Greek king of Bactria
- Demetrius II of India (fl. early 2nd century BCE), 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
- Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, ruled in 189–232
- 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
- Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Russian prince
- Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as False Dimitry I, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606
- Demetrius the Neomartyr (1779–1803), Orthodox Christian martyr and saint
- Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist, creator of the first periodic table
- Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer
- Demetrios Trakatellis (born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999.
- Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Prime Minister of Russia
- Demetri Martin, American comedian
- Demetri McCamey, American basketball player
- Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek geopolitician
- Dimitrios Salpingidis, Greek footballer
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- Dimitrios Siovas, Greek footballer
- Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian 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
- Demetrius Rhaney (born 1992), American football player
- Dimitrije Ruvarac, Serbian writer
- Dimitrije Banjac, Serbian actor
- Dome Sztojay, Serbian politician
- Dimitrije Avramović, Serbian painter
- Dimitrije T. Leko, Serbian architect
- Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Dimitrije Bašičević, Serbian painter
- Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
- Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Demetrius Treadwell (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League Liga Leumit
- Dimitrij Kotschnew
- Dimitrij Rupel
- Dimitrij Nonin
- Lucia Demetrius, Romanian writer
- Vasile Demetrius, Romanian writer
Fictional characters
- 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
- Demetrius, one of the Titans in the two-part Charmed episode "Oh My Goddess!"
- Demetri, a fictional character in the Twilight fantasy series
- Demitri Maximoff, a vampire from the Capcom video game series Darkstalkers
- Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter Call of Duty: World at War
In other languages
- Albanian: Dhimitër
- Belarusian: Зьміцер, Дзмітрый (Źmicier, Dz'mitry)
- Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
- Dutch: Dimitri
- Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
- French: Dimitri
- Georgian: დემეტრე (Demetre), დიმიტრი (Dimitri)
- 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, Dimitri
- Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
- Portuguese: Demétrio
- Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
- Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitriy)
- Serbo-Croatian: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar)
- Slovak: Demeter
- Slovene: Dimitrij, Mitja
- Spanish: Demetrio
- Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)
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