Boy · Greek
Dmitri
Say it: DMEE-tree
Meaning
From Greek Demetrios 'of Demeter', the goddess of grain.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
From the warrior saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, a Rurikid name since the 11th century.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 2,122 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 25,500 boys
- 40 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dmitry, Дмитрий, Dima
| Ukrainian | Dmytro |
|---|---|
| Polish | Dymitr |
| Serbian | Dimitrije |
| Bulgarian | Dimitar |
| Greek | Demetrios |
Famous bearers
- Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscow
- Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist
- Dmitri Shostakovich, composer
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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