Demi

Where Demi comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Demi.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Demi through the years
  1. 1962
    Demi Moore born
    American actress and producer
  2. 1964
    First appearance
    #6,767 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1993
    Demi Schuurs born
    Dutch tennis player
  4. 2020
    Peak, #339
    914 babies named Demi, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, a diminutive of Demetria introduced into English in the 1990s by the actress Demi Moore.
Namesakes
  • Demi Moore · American actress and producer, born 1962
  • Demi Schuurs · Dutch tennis player, born 1993
  • Demi Stokes · English footballer, born 1991
  • Demi Delia · American former pornographic actress, born 1967
  • Demi Rose · British model, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.