Demetria

I know it’s usable because [name_f]Demi[/name_f] Lovato (born [name_f]Demetria[/name_f]) wears it well, but do you like it? What middle names would you pair with it? It’s the feminine form of [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m], which means “follower of [name_u]Demeter[/name_u]”, the goddess of fertility.

Anyway, the name was only in the top 1000 from 1964 to 1993, and the highest its reached was 479 in 1974. It hasn’t been in it since. Popularity doesn’t bother me (to a certain extent), but I thought I’d put that in anyway.

When I first saw the name, I thought it said dementia. I then think of metrics. Would these two be a problem? Would a teacher accidentally read her name out as ‘dementia’ instead of [name_f]Demetria[/name_f]? Overall thoughts?

I’m not too fond of the name. If I was called by the nickname [name_f]Demi[/name_f], I’d rather be named [name_u]Dema[/name_u], simply [name_f]Demi[/name_f], [name_f]Demelza[/name_f], or even [name_u]Democracy[/name_u].

I really like demi! I would wonder if it would get turned into “dummy” as a schoolyard nickname.

[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_u]Lou[/name_u]

I think a one syllable middle name works well for [name_f]Demetria[/name_f]. Too many syllables will make it sound too long and make it hard to say!

Good luck!

I feel like [name_f]Demetria[/name_f]'s familiar enough that I wouldn’t see “dementia”? [name_f]Demi[/name_f]'s cute, and [name_f]Demetria[/name_f]'s quite elegant, although I’m not too fond of the mythology ties. As a [name_m]Christian[/name_m], I just feel odd taking inspiration from a religion that I do not believe in, especially when I believe so strongly in Christianity. As for metrics, it’s probably because I’m in the US, but I don’t really see “metrics” at all, but I’m not sure that’s too bad. I think it’s easily overlooked. :slight_smile:

I like [name_f]Demetria[/name_f] fine. I don’t think anybody else would make that reading error.

I think [name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Erin[/name_f] is a nice sounding name.

[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] is usable. I did not notice the similarity to dementia until you mentioned it.

It’s a very pretty name

I think it’s definitely usable. I have know a couple of young men named [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m] who went by Meechi, so that’s another possible nickname.

I don’t think you’d run into to much of a problem with it being misread as Dementia, I think [name_f]Demetria[/name_f] is a lovely name.

I would use:

[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Ffion[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f] [name_f]Verity[/name_f]

I saw dementia as soon as I saw the title of the thread.