Demetria is the feminine of Demetrius — from the Greek *Dēmḗtēr* (the goddess of grain, harvest, and the cycle of life and death). **A top-500 US baby name from 1977 to 1992**. **Demetria Devonne Lovato (born 1992)** — **birth name of Demi Lovato, the American singer-songwriter and actress; six-time Grammy nominee; *Disney's Camp Rock* (2008, 2010); discography includes the Billboard 200 #1 albums *Confident* (2015) and *Tell Me You Love Me* (2017)**; has been outspoken about mental health, substance abuse recovery, and identity. **Came out as non-binary in 2021 and adopted she/they pronouns**. **Demetria McKinney (born 1979)** — American actress and singer; played Janine Shelton on Tyler Perry's *House of Payne* (2007-2012, 2020-present) for 8+ seasons; *Saints & Sinners* (2016-2021); known as a leading lady of 2010s-2020s Black American sitcom and drama. **Saint Demetria (Demetria of Rome)** — early Christian martyr; venerated June 21. **Demetria Hopkins** — American actress. **Demetria of Bithynia** — Byzantine empress. **The name's namesake goddess Demeter is one of the Twelve Olympians and the central figure of the Eleusinian Mysteries — the most-celebrated mystery religion of the ancient Greco-Roman world**.
Featured throughout Greek mythology and modern American culture.
Demetria reduces to eight — the number of Eleusinian Mysteries.