How to write “Demetrius” in Korean

디미트리어스 di-mi-teu-ri-eo-seu

What Korean friends call you

디미트리어스야 di-mi-teu-ri-eo-seu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
디미트리어스 씨 di-mi-teu-ri-eo-seu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

Korean labels of 3 people named Demetrius on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Demetrius, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

37,021 babies were named Demetrius in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 1017th most common name.

디 = ㄷ + ㅣ · 3 strokes
- ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
Also in 디: Madison 매디슨 · Cody 코디 · Addison 애디슨
미 = ㅁ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
- ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
Also in 미: Mia 미아 · Dominic 도미닉 · Michelle 미셸
트 = ㅌ + ㅡ · 4 strokes
- ㅌ 티읕 (t) · 3 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 트: Robert 로버트 · Wyatt 와이어트 · Patrick 패트릭
리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
어 = ㅇ + ㅓ · 3 strokes
- ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
- ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes
Also in 어: Wyatt 와이어트 · Xavier 재비어 · Claire 클레어
스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스

디미트리어스 takes 21 strokes in all.