Meaning and Origin of: Demeter

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Goddess of the harvest

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Lover of the earth

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : occupational name for a weaver or cloth merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle High German timīt, dimīt denoting a type of cloth woven with double thread.
  • Czech and Slovak : from the personal name Demeter, derived from Greek Dēmētrios (Latin Demetrius; see Demetriou).
  • Hungarian : from the ecclesiastical name Demeter, or Dömötör, from Greek Dēmētrios (Latin Demetrius; see Demetriou).