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 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.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Demetria reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.