Demetrius is the Latin form of the Greek Demetrios and means "follower of Demeter", the goddess of the harvest. It was borne by Hellenistic kings and early saints, and Shakespeare gave it to one of the lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream; in the United States it has been especially popular in African American families since the 1970s. Demetrius ranked number 384 in 2000, slipped to 679 by 2015, left the top 1000 in 2024 and ranks 1229 in 2025.