Dmitry (; Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or )) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Demetrios (, ). The meaning of the name is "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 Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha, Dimon etc. (, etc.)
St. Dimitri's Day The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica 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 this is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo.
Notable people with the name
Pre-late modern period Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy Dmitry of Pereslavl (1250–1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal Dmitry Pozharsky (1577–1642), Russian prince and military leader Dmitry of Suzdal (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod Dmitry of Tver (1299–1326), nicknamed "The Fearsome Eyes" Dmitry of Uglich (Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia) (1582–1591), the youngest son of Ivan the TerribleLater impostors claimed to be this son: False Dmitry I (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605–1606 False Dmitry II, appeared 1607–1610 False Dmitry III, appeared 1611–1612
Late modern period (from 1800) Dmitry Abakumov (born 1989), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitry Abanin (born 1980), Soviet-born Israeli curler Dmitry Abramenkov (born 1947), Russian politician Dmitry Abramovitch (born 1982), Russian bobsledder Dmitri Afanasenkov (born 1980), Russian ice hockey player Dmitri Agaptsev (born 1991), Russian football forward Dmitry Ageyev (1911–1997), Soviet radio engineer Dmitry Akhba (born 1985), Russian football forward Dmitri Akimov (1980–2026), Russian football forward Dmitri Akishin (born 1992), Russian ice hockey defenseman Dmitry Aleksandriysky (born 1968), Russian football coach Dmitri Aleksandrov (born 2006), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Alekseyev (1973–2025), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitri Alenichev (born 1972), Russian football player Dmitriy Alexanin (born 1991), Kazakh fencer Dmitri Alexeev (born 1947), Russo-Soviet pianist Dmitri Aliev (born 1999), Russian figure skater Dmitry Alimov (born 1974), Soviet-born American entrepreneuer Dmitry Aliseyko (born 1992), Belarusian football defender Dmitri Alperovitch (born 1980), Soviet-born American businessman Dmitry An (1939–2018), Soviet-Uzbek footballer Dmitri Ananko (born 1973), Russian football coach and player Dmitry Ananyev (born 1969), Russian politician and senator Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster Dmitri Andreyev (born 1980), Russian football official Dmitri Anosov (1936–2014), Russo-Soviet mathematician Dmitry Antilevsky (born 1997), Belarusian football forward Dmitry Anuchin (1843–1923), Russian anthropographer and geologist Dmitry Apanasenko (born 1967), Soviet water polo player Dmitri Arapov (born 1993), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitri Arhip (born 1988), Moldovan rugby union player Dmitry Arkhipov (ice hockey) (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player Dmitry Arkhipov (skier) (born 1981), Russian freestyle skier Dmitry Arsenyev, Russian pogo stick athlete Dmitry Arsenyuk (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player Dmitri Arslanov (born 1990), Russian football midfielder Dmitry Artyukhov (born 1988), Russian politician Dmitry Asnin (born 1984), Belarusian football goalkeeper Dmitri Astakhov (born 1986), Russian footballer Dmitry Astrakhan (born 1957), Russian film director Dmitry Avaliani (1938–2003), Soviet poet Dmitry Averkiyev (1836–1905), Russian playwright Dmitry Averov (born 1974), Russian politician Dmitri Avramenko (born 1992), Russian football forward Dmitry Ayatskov (born 1950), Russian politician Dmitry Aydov (born 1982), Russian football defender Dmitry Aynalov (1862–1939), Russian art historian Dmitry Azarov (born 1970), Russian politician Dmitriy Babenko (born 1985), Kazakh speed skater Dmitry Bachek (born 2000), Kazakh football midfielder Dmitri Badin (born 1990), Russian intelligence officer and hacker Dmitry Baga (born 1990), Belarusian football midfielder Dmitry Bagration (1863–1919), Georgian general and military writer Dmitry Bagration-Imeretinsky (1799–1845), Georgian prince Dmitry Bagryanov (1967–2015), Soviet long jumper Dmitry Baiduk (born 1996), Belarusian football midfielder Dmitry Bakanov (born 1985), Russian cosmonautical official and economist Dmitry Baksheevy (1982–2020), Russian murderer Dmitry Balakin (born 1985), Russian serial killer who killed three people Dmitriy Balandin (born 1995), Kazakh swimmer Dmitry Balmin (born 1970), Russian ice hockey defender Dmitry Baltermants (1912–1990), Soviet photojournalist Dmitry Bandura, Soviet-born Canadian scientist Dmitry Bankovsky (born 1968), Soviet sprint canoer Dmitri Bantysh-Kamensky (1788–1850), Russian statesman and historian Dmitri Barannik (born 1963), Soviet football midfielder Dmitri Barinov (born 1996), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Barkov (sport shooter) (1880–?), Finnish sport shooter Dmitry Barkov (footballer) (born 1992), Russian football striker Dmitriy Barmashov (born 1985), Kazakh skier Dmitri Barsuk (born 1980), Russian beach volleyball player Dmitry Bashkevich (born 1968), Uzbek football goalkeeper Dmitri Bashkirov (1931–2021), Russo-Soviet pianist and educator Dmitri Batynkov (born 1970), Russian football midfielder Dmitry Bavilsky (1969–2026), Russian novelist Dmitri Bayda (born 1975), Russian football forward Dmitry Begichev (1786–1855), Russian imperial governor and writer Dmitry Begun (born 2003), Russian football left back Dmitry Bekhterev (born 1949), Soviet rower Dmitry Beliakov (born 1970), Russian photojournalist Dmitry Belik (born 1969), Russian politician Dmitry Bellman (born 1977), Georgian jeweler-craftsman Dmitry Belogolovtsev (born 1973), Russian former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Dmitry Belorukov (born 1983), Russian football coach and player Dmitry Belosselskiy (born 1975), Russian operatic bass singer Dmitri Belousov (born 1980), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitri Belov (footballer, born 1980), Russian football player Dmitri Belov (footballer, born 1995), Russian football forward Dmitry Belyaev (artist) (1921–2007), Soviet painter Dmitry Belyayev (zoologist) (1917–1985), Soviet geneticist Dmitry Berestov (born 1980), Russian weightlifter Dmitry Berezkin (born 1963), Russian sailor Dmitri Berlinsky (born 1969), Russian violinist Dmitry Bertman (born 1967), Russian operatic director Dmitry Beshenets (born 1984), Russian martial artist Dmitry Bessmertny (born 1997), Belarusian football midfielder Dmitri Bezus (born 1989), Ukrainian martial artist Dmitri Bilenkin (1933–1987), Soviet science fiction writer Dmitry Bilozerchev (born 1966), Soviet gymnast Dmitry Bisikalo (born 1961), Russian astrophysicist Dmitry Bisti (1925–1990), Soviet woodcut artist Dmitry Bivol (born 1990), Russian boxer Dmitry Blokhintsev (1907–1979), Soviet physicist Dmitry Bludov (1785–1864), Russian imperial official Dmitry Bobyshev (born 1936), Soviet poet Dmitry Bocharov (chess player) (born 1982), Russian chess grandmaster Dmitry Bochkaryov (born 1958), Soviet speed skater Dmitry Bogachev (born 1969), Russian theater producer Dmitry Bogayev (born 1994), Russian footballer Dmitry Bogdanov (born 1979), Russian runner Dmitrii Bogrov (1887–1911), Assassin of Pyotr Stolypin Dmitri Bolshakov (born 1980), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Bondarenko (born 1968), Russian Africanist Dmitry Boretsky (died 1471), Russian nobleman Dmitri Borgmann (1927–1985), German-American logologist Dmitri Borisov (footballer, born 1977), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Borisov (footballer, born 1996), Russian football midfielder Dmitry Borisov (anchorman) (born 1985), Russian journalist Dmitry Borisovich (1253–1294), Prince of Rostov Dmitri Borodin (born 1977), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitry Borovikov (1984–2006), Russian neo-Nazi Dmitry Borshch (born 1973), Soviet-born American artist Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825), Russian composer Dmitry Bosov (1968–2020), Russian businessman Dmitry Bragin (born 1982), Russian racing driver Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020), Latvian architect Dmitry Buchkin (1927–2024), Russo-Soviet painter Dmitry Budker (born 1963), Soviet-American physicist Dmitri Budõlin (born 1974), Estonian judoka Dmitri Bugakov (born 1979), Russian football coach and player Dmitry Buinitsky (born 1997), Belarusian ice hockey player Dmitry Bukhman (born 1985), Russian-British game developer Dmitry Bulankin (born 1978), Russian racer Dmitry Bulgakov (born 1954), Russian military logistician Dmitri Bulykin (born 1979), Russian football player Dmitri Burago (born 1964), Soviet-American mathematician Dmitry Burkov (born 1960), Russian internet engineer Dmitry Burmakin (born 1981), Russian runner Dmitri Burmistrov (born 1983), Russian football forward Dmitry Buryak (born 1987), Russian sprinter Dmitri Bushmanov (born 1978), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Butaliy (born 1976), Russian football defender Dmitry Buturlin (1790–1849), Russian general and military historian Dmitri Buynov (1859–?), Azeri architect Dmitry Byakov (born 1978), Kazakh football midfielder Dmitri Bykov (ice hockey) (born 1977), Russian ice hockey player Dmitry Bykov (born 1967), Russian writer, journalist, and poet Dmitri Bystrolyotov (1901–1975), Soviet spy Dmitry Bystrov (1967–2005), Russian football defender Dmitri Capyrin (born 1960), Russian classical composer Dmitry Chaplin (born 1982), Russian professional dancer Dmitry Chebotayev (1978–2007), Russian photojournalist killed on assignment in Iraq Dmitry Chechulin (1901–1981), Soviet stalinist architect Dmitry Chelkak (born 1979), Soviet-American mathematician Dmitry Chelovenko (born 1974), Russian ski jumper Dmitry Chepovetsky (born 1970), Soviet-born Canadian actor Dmitry Chernov (1839–1921), Russian metallurgist Dmitry Chernukhin (born 1988), Russian football midfielder Dmitri Chernykh (born 1985), Russian ice hockey forward Dmitry Chernyshenko (born 1968), Russian politician Dmitri Cheryshev (born 1969), Russian football manager Dmitry Chernyshyov (born 1975), Russian swimmer Dmitri Chesnokov (1973–2019), Russian football forward Dmitry Chesnokov (politician) (1910–1973), Soviet politician Dmitry Chestnov, Russian astronomer Dmitri Chigazov (born 1983), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitri Chikhradze (1922–1979), Georgian football coach and player Dmitri Chistyakov (born 1994), Russian football center-back Dmitry Chizhik, Soviet-born American electrical engineer Dmitri Chorny (born 1975), Russian communist author Dmitry Chudinov (born 1986), Russian middleweight boxer Dmitri Chugunov (born 1968), Russian football defender Dmitry Chuprov (1978–2012), Russian chess grandmaster Dmitri Chvanov (born 1994), Russian football goalkeeper Dmitriy Chvykov (born 1974), Kazakh-Kyrgyz ski jumper Dmitri Constantinov (born 1952), Moldovan politician and businessman Dmitriy Danilenko (born 1990), Russian fencer Dmitri Dashinski (born 1997), Belarusian skier Dmitry Dashkov (1789–1839), Russian statesman and writer Dmitri Davydov (footballer, born 1975), Russian football manager and player Dmitry Davydov (footballer, born 1978), Russo-Ukrainian football goalkeeper Dmitry Davydov (filmmaker) (born 1983), Russian film director Dmitry Debelka (1976–2022), Belarusian wrestler Dmitry Dedov (born 1967), Russian judge