Demóstenes

given name · Latin script

Meaning: La fuerza del pueblo

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Demóstenes is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 310K
  • PAPanama≈1 in 50K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

684 people, 2022

Sources
60 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Panama, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Demostenes in BR Brazil, PE Peru, VE Venezuela and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

La fuerza del pueblo

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Demóstenes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Demóstenes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil6841 in 310K921Demostenes60
PE Peru≈520 est.≈1 in 61K—Demostenes31
PA Panama≈77 est.≈1 in 50K2Demostenes9
AO Angola≈77 est.≈1 in 422K—Demóstenes5
VE Venezuela≈75 est.≈1 in 380K—Demostenes6
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

684 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Demóstenes is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Demostenes

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Demostenes

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Demostenes

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Demostenes

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Demostenes

  • Greek given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Demostenes

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Demostenes

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Demosthenes, b. 384Demosthenes, b. 412Demosthenes Ligdopoulos, b. 1898Demosthenes Polyzos, b. 1958Demóstenes Torres, b. 1961Dimosthenis Papadopoulos, b. 1971Makis Dimakis, b. 1971Dimosthenis Tampakos, b. 1976Dimos Dikoudis, b. 1977

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Demóstenes
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—921#9,696
PA PanamaTribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election20242#1,134

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Demóstenes mean, and where does it come from?
La fuerza del pueblo Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
Is Demóstenes a male or female name?
Demóstenes is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Demóstenes have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 684 people named Demóstenes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled demostenes.
How common is the name Demóstenes?
In Brazil, the national register counted 684 people named Demóstenes in 2022, about 1 in 310 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Demóstenes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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