Demetria
English translation/equivalent: Demetria
Origin: Derived from the Greek Demetrios, Latinized into Demetrius and taken from the name of Demetra, the divinity of the earth, fertility, and the hereafter. Means "dedicated to Demetra." The name of the goddess is composed from the Doric word de- "earth" and from meter "mother."
Name Day/Onomastico: June 21—in honor of St. Demetria the Virgin, sister of Bibiana, and martyred in 363 during the persecution of Giuliano the Apostate.
Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Demetrio
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