Dmitry

Dmitry
Dmitri; 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 Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος Dēmētrios ). 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 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 October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the 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"
Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (born 1582) (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)
Dmitri Alenichev (born 1972), Russian football player
Dmitri Aliev (born 1999), Russian figure skater
Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster
Dmitry Bivol (born 1990), Russian boxer
Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825), Russian composer
Dmitri Bulykin (born 1979), Russian football player
Dmitry Bykov (born 1967), Russian writer, journalist, and poet
Dmitry Chaplin (born 1982), Russian professional dancer
Dmitry Chernyshyov (born 1975), Russian swimmer
Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), Russian-American mathematician
Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), Soviet author and political officer
Dmitri Goldenkov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979), Russian-Israeli author and journalist
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), Russian opera singer
Dmitry Kozak (born 1958), Russian politician
Dmitry Kholodov (1967–1994), Russian journalist, killed investigating alleged Russian military corruption
Dmitry Koldun (born 1985), Belarusian singer
Dmitry Kroyter (born 1993), Israeli Olympic high jumper
Misha Collins (born 1974), born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, American actor
Dmitry Lepikov (born 1972), Russian freestyle swimmer
Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor of the periodic table
Dmitry Muratov (born 1961), Russian opposition journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Prime Minister and third President of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Pavlenko (born 1991), Russian handball player
Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891–1941), cousin of Tsar Nicholas II who took part in the assassination of Rasputin
Dmitry Pumpyansky (born 1953/1954), Russian billionaire businessman
Dmitry Salita (born 1982), American boxer
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Soviet composer
Dmitry Stepushkin (1975–2022), Russian bobsledder
Dmitri Sychev (born 1983), Russian football player
Dmitry Tursunov (born 1982), Russian tennis player
Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984), Soviet Defense Minister
Dmitry Utkin (1970–2023), Russian military officer
Dmitry Vybornov (born 1970), Russian light-heavyweight boxer
Dmitry Yazov (1921–2020), Marshal of the Soviet Union
Dmitri Young (born 1973), American baseball player
In other languages
(Dzmitryj, Zmicier); Taraškievica: Зьміцер, Дзьмітры (Źmicier, Dźmitry, Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
(Dimitar)
(Demétrios, Dimitris)
, Dmitrij
(Dmitrii, Dmitry, Dmitriy, Dmitrij)
(Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar), Митар (Mitar)
(Dmytro)
References
Russian masculine given names
Ukrainian masculine given names
Macedonian masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Masculine given names