Dimitra

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning devotee of demeter, earth mother.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Dimitra by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Dimitra. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 39 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dimitra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Demitraof Demeter; a form of Demetria8 in the US (2017)
  • Demetradevoted to demeter the harvest goddess13 in the US (2017)
  • Demitriaof Demeter; a form of Demetria8 in the US (2017)
  • Damitalittle lady; feminine diminutive of dama
  • Demira6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the earth

Like Dimitra, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
  • Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brooklynnbroken land; a variant spelling of Brooklyn1,410 in the US (2017)
  • Georgiaworker of the earth; a form of George280 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Landryland ruler; from Landric602 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dimitra

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