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Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter".
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, and Dimitrije, in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it. Nicknames include Demmie, Dimmie, Demi, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmie, Metry, Metrie, Mimmie, Demetri, Dimitri, Mitică, Mitya and Dima.
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 (somatophylax), somatophylax of Alexander the Great (d. 330 BC)
Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BC), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BC
Demetrius the Fair (Demetrius the Handsome, Demetrius of Cyrene) (285 BC-249/250 BC) - Hellenistic king of Cyrene
Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC
Demetrius (son of Philip V), son of Philip V of Macedon
Demetrius of Pharos, ruler of Pharos c. 222 – 219 BC, involved in the First Illyrian War
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
Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, ruled in 189–232
Demetrius of Thessaloniki (died 306), Christian martyr and saint
Demetrius of Bulgaria was the second Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between c. 927 and c. 930, and the first one to have been recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia (died 1089), King of Croatia 1075–1089
Demetrius I of Georgia, son of David IV of Georgia the Great, (1125–1156)
Demetrio Progoni (1208-1216), medieval Albanian prince
Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as False Dmitry I, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606
Demetrius the Neomartyr (1779–1803), Orthodox Christian martyr and saint
Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1861–1870
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893)
Demetriu Radu (1861–1920), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop
Demetrios Trakatellis (born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999.
Dimitrios Salpingidis, Greek footballer
Dimitris Papadopoulos (football), Greek footballer
Demetrious Johnson (American football) (1961–2022), American football player
Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial arts fighter
Demetrius Rhaney (born 1992), American football player
Dimitrios Siovas, Greek footballer
Demetrius Treadwell (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League Liga Leumit
Temetrius Jamel Ja Morant (born 1999), American basketball player for Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA.
Fictional characters
Demetrius (Shakespeare), 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!"
Demetrius Desmond, a character in Tatsuya Endo's Spy × Family
Demetrios, a character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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, Ντίμης (Dimitrios, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras, Dimis)
Hebrew: (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי
Hungarian: Dömötör
Italian: Demetrio, Dimitri
Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
Portuguese: Demétrio
Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
Russian: Дмитрий, Митя (Dmitriy, Mitja)
Slovak: Demeter
Slovene: Dimitrij, Mitja
Turkish: Demeter
Spanish: Demetrio
Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)
Serbian: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar), Митар (Mitar)
Croatian: Dmitar
References
Demetrius Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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