Demetrius
Greek
"follower of Demeter"Share
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Demetrius Origin and Meaning
The name Demetrius is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "follower of Demeter".
Classical and Shakespearean name that may appeal if you like your names long, flowing and multicultural.
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Famous People Named Demetrius
- Demetriussilversmith of Ephesus (Acts 19:24)
- Demetriuspraised by the apostle John (3 John 12)
- Demetrius Augustine GallitzinRussian priest and missionary
- Demetrius JacksonAmerican basketball player
- Demetrius Cesar AndradeAmerican boxer
- Demetrius "Red" PughAmerican rapper of group Another Bad Creation"
- Demetrius Stewart aka Shawty ReddAmerican rapper
- Demetrius VikelasGreek businessman; first president of the IOC
- Demetrius JoyetteCanadian actor
- Demetrius GrosseAmerican actor
Demetrius in Pop Culture
- Demetriuscharacter in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream"
- Demetriuscharacter in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
- Demetriuscharacter in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
- Demetriusa main character in Friedrich Schiller's dramatic fragment of the same name, Alexander Pushkin's blank verse drama Boris Godunov and several other works of literature; modelled after Tsar False Dimitry I
- Demetrius Williamscharacter in Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala" and 1991 film
- Demetriuscharacter in Lloyd C. Douglas' "The Robe" and its film, "Demetrius and the Gladiators"