Dimas Family History

Spanish (mainly from Mexico) and Portuguese: from the personal name Dimas from Dismas the name supposedly borne by the repentant robber crucified alongside Christ, although no name is recorded in the Biblical account.

Greek: from the personal name Dimas, a short form of Dimitri(o)s from classical Greek Dēmētrios (see Dimitris) or of any of various compound names based on classical Greek dēmos ‘people’ such as Dimosthenis from classical Greek Dēmosthenēs (see Demosthene).

This is also a shortened form of Greek patronymics such as Dimopoulos. Compare Demas.

Greek: Hellenized form of Albanian Dhima, a cognate of 2 above.