Demetria

Where Demetria comes from

The dictionaries list Demetria as a given name — a female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius; diminutive form Demi — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,638 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #478
    371 babies named Demetria — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1979
    Demetria Washington born
    sprinter
  4. 1981
    Demetria McKinney born
    American actress and singer
  5. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #886.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius; diminutive form Demi.
Namesakes
  • Demetria Washington · sprinter, born 1979
  • Demetria McKinney · American actress and singer, born 1981
  • Demetria Sance · American volleyball player, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.