Demetria
Greek at root, built on Demeter, goddess of grain and harvest: the name means devoted to her. In Poland it barely exists now, carried by only five women, so most Poles will never meet a Demetria.
Demetria Pronunciation
Demetria is pronounced de-METR-yah (/dɛˈmɛtrja/).
What Demetria means
Where Demetria comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Demetria comes straight from Greek, built on Demeter, the goddess of grain and the harvest. The short meaning states it plainly: devoted to Demeter. In ancient Greece the Demetria was a festival for that same goddess, held at seed-time, when the earth was asked to give back a crop.
Demeter was the mother who searched for a stolen daughter.
The name later crossed into Christian records. Saint Demetria, a Roman virgin martyr who died in 362, was buried with her sister Saint Bibiana beneath a basilica that still stands in Rome. Her feast falls on 21 June. By then the harvest goddess had faded behind the saint, though the root held.
In Polish the sense is należąca do Demeter, belonging to the goddess of the grain.
When Demetria celebrates name day
Demetria appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 9 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Demetria
1 in 4508767 women in Poland is named Demetria. 5 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #25436 among female names.
Demetria as a middle name
Demetria is a first name for 5 women in Poland and a middle name for another 10, a 33/67 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2388th, between Dary (10) and Dionizja (10).
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#2386 Darlene10
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#2387 Dary10
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#2388 Demetria10
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#2389 Dionizja10
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#2390 Domenica10