Demetra
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Madre terra
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dɛmɛtɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Demetra is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 101K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 127K
- CYCyprus≈1 in 3.6K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 288 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Madre terra
Sources 1
- Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Demetra 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Demetra | 4 |
| US United States | — | 3,295 | 1 in 101K | 3.3K | Demetra | 288 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Demetra | 3 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Demetra | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Demetra | 57 |
| CY Cyprus | #517 | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Demetra | 54 |
| GR Greece | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Demetra | 51 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Demetra is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lithuanian, Demeter, the goddess of agriculture
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, alternative form of Deméter
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Demeter
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dimitra Galanib. 1952GRnot in their usual nameGreek singer and composer
- Dimitra Lianib. 1955GRnot in their usual namePrime minister wife
- Dimitra Papadopouloub. 1962GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress and screenwriter
- Dimitra Papadimab. 1963GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress
- Dimitra Theodossioub. 1965GRnot in their usual nameGreek singer
- Dimitra Asilianb. 1972GRnot in their usual nameGreek water polo player
- Dimitra Matsoukab. 1974GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress
- Dimitra Dovab. 1974GRnot in their usual nameGreek sprinter
- Dimitra Sigalab. 1976GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress
- Dimitra Vlagkopouloub. 1986GRnot in their usual nameGreek actress
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.3K | #5,271 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 127 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 125 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 121 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 111 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1969 | 110 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 100 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 99 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 97 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 91 | — |
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 Demetra mean, and where does it come from?
- Madre terra Recorded by Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,….
- How do you pronounce Demetra?
- A machine transcription gives /dɛmɛtɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Demetra a male or female name?
- Demetra is a female 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.
- What are other forms of the name Demetra?
- In the etymology graph, Demetria, Demi and Dimitra are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Demetra have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Demetra in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled demetra.
- How common is the name Demetra?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,295 people named Demetra in 2020, about 1 in 101 thousand residents.
- How common is Demetra compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Demetra is the 517th most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/demetraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Demetra” — the 517th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.