Dmitry

For other uses, see Dimitri.

Dmitry
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Pronunciation	[dˈmitri]
Gender	male
Language(s)	Russian
Origin
Word/name	Greek Demetrius
Meaning	"devoted/dedicated to Demeter"
Region of origin	Ancient Greece
Other names
Alternative spelling	Dmitri, Dmitrii, Dmitriy
Variant form(s)	Dimitry, Dimitri
Nickname(s)	Dima, Mitya
Related names	Demetrius, Demetria, Demetrios, Demeter, Demetra, Demi
Popularity	see popular names

Dmitry, transliterated from Russian as Dmitrii (Russian: Дми́трий, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj]); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (Дими́трий); ancient Russian forms: D'mitr(iy) or Dmitr (Дьмитр(ии) or Дъмитръ) is a male given name, the Russian version of Greek Demetrius (Δημήτριος Dēmētrios, Greek pronunciation: [ðiˈmitrios]). The meaning of the name is a "devoted to," "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ Dēmētēr), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture.

Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька, or Ми́тенька); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc. (Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, Диму́ша, etc.)

Dmitry is one of the most popular names in Russia. The statistics shows that for five months in the period from March 16 to August 16 in 2005 in Moscow: 1390 boys were named Alexander, 1087 Maksim, 1085 Nikita, 1070 Ivan, 867 Dmitry.

St. Dimitri's Day

The feast of the martyr Saint Dimitri Solunski is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [Old Style October 26].

The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.

The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates those Orthodox soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo.

Notable people named Dmitry

Historical

• Dmitry Donskoi (1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy
• Dmitry of Pereslavl (1250-1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal
• Dmitry of Suzdal (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod
• Tsarevich Demetrius (1582-1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible
  Later impostors claimed to be this son:
  • False Dmitry I (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605-1606
  • False Dmitry II, appeared 1607-1610
  • False Dmitry III appeared March 28, 1611 - May 18, 1612
• Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891-1941), cousin of Tsar Nicholas II, took part in the assassination of Rasputin
• Dmitry Mendeleev, Russian chemist and the creator of the first periodic table of Chemical elements
• Dmitry Pozharsky, liberator of Moscow during the Time of Troubles
• Dmitry Furmanov, Soviet Author and political officer.
• Dmitry Shostakovich, Soviet composer

Modern day

• Dmitri Alenichev (born 1972), Russian football player
• Dmitri Bulykin (born 1979), Russian football player
• Dmitrii Bykov (born 1967), Russian writer, journalist, and poet
• Dmitry Chaplin (born 1982), professional dancer
• Dmitri Goldenkov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer
• Dmitry Kholodov (1967–1994), journalist of the Russian newspaper Moskovskii Komsomolets, killed as he was investigating alleged corruption among high ranks of the Russian military
• Dmitry Lepikov (born 1972), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Demetri Martin (born 1973), American comedian
• Dimitri Kitsikis (born 1935), Greek Geopolitician
• Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), third President of the Russian Federation
• Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"; born 1982), American, North American Boxing Association light welterweight boxing champion
• Dmitry Steesy (born 1994), American fashion designer
• Dmitry Tursunov (born 1982), Russian tennis player
• Dmitry Vybornov (born 1970), Russian light-heavyweight boxer
• Misha Collins (born 1974), born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, American actor
• Dmitry Sychev (born 1983), born Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev, Russian soccer player

Interesting Facts

The name Dimitri did not rank in the top 1000 most popular boys names until 1989 when it ranked 992nd.

In other languages

• Arabic: دمتري‎‎
• Belarusian: Зьміцер, Дзьмітры, Дзмітрый (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry, Dzmitry)
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
• Catalan: Demetri
• Croatian: Dmitar
• Dutch: Dimitri
• Esperanto: Zmitro, Demetrio
• Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
• French: Dimitri
• Georgian: დემეტრე, Demetre
• German: Demetrius
• Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης (Demétrios, Dimitris)
• Hebrew: (Dmitriy) דמיטרי ‎
• Hungarian: Demeter, Dömötör
• Italian: Demetriocode: it is deprecated
• Latvian: Dmitrijs
• Macedonian: Димитар, Димитриja, Димитри
• Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz (imię)
• Portuguese: Demétrio
• Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
• Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij)
• Serbian: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar), Митар (Mitar)
• Slovak: Demeter
• Slovene: Dimitrij
• Spanish: Demetrio
• Swedish: Dimitri
• Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)