Dema
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Dema by the numbers
Dema was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Dema
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dema. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Demihalf, partial; from demi-643 in the US (2017)
- Dejaalready seen, from déjà vu105 in the US (2017)
- Denajudged; a form of Dinah or Dean42 in the US (2017)
- Dimasubduer of the people; diminutive of Dmitri7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deagoddess13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Demyhalf; a size of paper7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dema
Names that are said the same way as Dema, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Deema33 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dema
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