MEANING & HISTORY
What does Demetrio mean?
Demetrio is the Italian and Spanish form of Demetrius, Latinized from Greek Demetrios. The Greek name is derived from Demeter, the goddess associated with agriculture.
This makes the personal name deity-derived rather than a direct word meaning earth mother. The latter phrase is itself a proposed analysis of Demeter, one stage further back. Kings and Christian saints bore Demetrius, providing several historical routes by which the family survived beyond classical religion.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Demetrius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).
a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius
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People with the name Demetrio
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Demetrio Cortes, Sr.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Demetrio Sonza
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Demetrio Cortes, Sr., Demetrio Sonza
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Demetrio in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Demetrio
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Demetria·Name derived from Demeter
- Emeterio♂From Latin Emeterius and Greek Hemetérios
- Democrito·Form of Greek Demokritos; root accounts differ
- Asterio·Greek star-name history
- Cerio♂Short form of Glicerio
- Cesario·Caesarius form in the Roman Caesar family
- Dario·Possessing goodness, through Darius
- Delio♂Cebuano short form of Rodelio
What rhymes with Demetrio?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Demetrio further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q7328085 — Demetrio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Demetrio Cortes, Sr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q7328085 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Demetrio Sonza (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q7328085 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Demetrio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Demetrio (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Demetrius (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Demeter-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.