) A statue of the goddess Demeter | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | tribute to Goddess of Grain: Demeter, Mother-Earth |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dimitrije, Demetria, Dimitrios, Demetra, Dimitris, Dmitry, Dimitar, Mitar, Dmytro, Dimitrie, Dumitru |
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to god Demeter", or alternatively meaning "Di Mitra" - “devoted to god Mithra” (derived from Mitra) and Mithraism.[1]
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, and Dimitrije,[2][3] in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitry) descended from it.
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 - brother of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, king of Macedonia 306-301 BC
- Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BCE), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BCE
- Demetrius the Fair (Demetrius the Handsome, Demetrius of Cyrene) (285 BCE-249/250 BCE) - Hellenistic king of Cyrene
- Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC
- Demetrius, son of Philip V of Macedon
- Demetrius of Pharos - ruler of Pharos c. 222 – 219 BCE, 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 BCE), Greek king of Bactria
- Demetrius II of India (fl. early 2nd century BCE), 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[4]
- Demetrius Zvonimir (died 1089), King of Croatia 1075–1089
- Demetrius I of Georgia, son of David IV of Georgia the Great, (1125–1156)
- Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Russian prince
- Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as False Dimitry 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
- Dimitrije Avramović, Serbian painter
- Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist, creator of the first periodic table
- Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893)
- Hadzhi Dimitar (Dimitar Nikolov Asenov) (10 May 1840 – 10 August 1868), prominent Bulgarian voivode and revolutionary
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer
- Demetrios Trakatellis (born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999.
- Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Prime Minister of Russia
- Dimitrije Bašičević, Serbian painter
- Dimitri Davidović, Serbian footballer
- Demetri Martin, American comedian
- Demetri McCamey, American basketball player
- Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek geopolitician
- Dimitrije Banjac, Serbian actor
- Dimitrios Salpingidis, Greek footballer
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
- Dimitrije Injac, Serbian footballer
- Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Dimitrij Kotschnew
- Dimitrije T. Leko, Serbian architect
- Dimitrije Ljotić, Serbian politician
- Dimitrij Nonin
- Dimitrije Pejanović, Serbian handballer
- Dimitrije Mitrinović, Serbian writer
- Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
- Dositej Obradović, Serbian writer
- Demetrius Rhaney (born 1992), American football player
- Dimitrij Rupel
- Dimitrije Ruvarac, Serbian writer
- Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Dimitrios Siovas, Greek footballer
- Dome Sztojay, Serbian politician
- Demetrius Treadwell (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League Liga Leumit
- Dimitrije Tucović, Serbian politician
- Lucia Demetrius, Romanian writer
- Vasile Demetrius, Romanian writer
Fictional characters
- Demetrius, 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!"
- 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 (Dimitrios, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras)
- Hebrew: (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי
- Hungarian: Dömötör
- Italian: Demetrio, Dimitri
- Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
- Portuguese: Demétrio
- Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
- Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitriy)
- Slovak: Demeter
- Slovene: Dimitrij, Mitja
- Spanish: Demetrio
- Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)
References
- ^ Ulansey D., The origins of the Mithraic mysteries (Oxford University Press, 1991)
- ^ http://www.behindthename.com/name/demetrius
- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Demeter
- ^ "Patriarchs of Preslav". Official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 3 March 2016.