Entry № 2552 · Greek origin

Dimitra Dimitra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ dee-MEE-trah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Earth mother (Demeter)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "earth mother (demeter)".

Dimitra (Δήμητρα) is the modern Greek form of Demeter — the ancient Greek goddess of the harvest, grain, and the bounty of the earth. Mother of Persephone.

Dimitra is widely used in modern Greece.

The Greek earth mother. Persephone's mother.

The name in its native script.

Δήμητρα
Transliteration
Dḗmētra
Pronunciation
/ dɪˈmiː.trə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dimitra stands.

Dimitra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Dimitras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Demeter
Greek goddess of harvest.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Dimitra.

The number behind Dimitra.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dimitra reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.