According to Ancho Kaloyanov, the name of the village is derived from Greek άγιος (agios, "Saint") and the shortening of the personal name Demetrius, i.e. "Saint Demetrius", both through Turkic.
On August 21, 2013, Naz Aydemir married to national basketball player and member of Galatasaray S.K. Cenk Akyol.