Demeter is a ♀ girl’s name and ♂ boy’s name. Demeter thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Demeter is the earth mother in Greek mythology and the goddess of fertility, death, marriage and agriculture. In addition, Demeter is one of the 12 Olympian deities. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Ceres. Besides, Demeter is a boy’s name, because it is a Slovak and Hungarian diminutive form of the Greek name Demetrios, which as well derived from the Greek goddess Demeter.
Demeter means “earth mother” (from ancient Greek “dá/δᾶ” = earth + “mḗtēr/μήτηρ” = mother), but as well “grain mother” (from ancient Cretan “dēaí/δηαί” = grain). Besides Demeter derived from the Indo-European root *dem- meaning “house”, thus Demeter means “mother of the house”.
The name Demeter is ranked #10188 overall.
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