Dmitry (); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

common in Orthodox

Christian culture Christian culture generally includes all the cultural practices which have developed around the religion of Christianity. There are variations in the application of Christian beliefs in different cultures and traditions. Christian culture has i ...

, the Russian version of Demetrios (, ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Demeter (; Attic Greek, Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric Greek, Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Twelve Olympians, Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over cro ...

" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

goddess A goddess is a female deity. In some faiths, a sacred female figure holds a central place in religious prayer and worship. For example, Shaktism (one of the three major Hinduism, Hindu sects), holds that the ultimate deity, the source of all re ...

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

. 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 Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries betwe ...

: 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 The Battle of Kulikovo () was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Dmitry of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at Ku ...

Notable people with the name

Pre-late modern period

Dmitry Donskoy Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol ...

(1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy *

Dmitry of Pereslavl Dmitry Alexandrovich (; 1250–1294) was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1276 to 1281, and again from 1283 until 1293. Biography Dmitry was the second son of Alexander Nevsky. When his elder brother Vasily died young, Dmitry remained the chie ...

(1250–1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal *

Dmitry Pozharsky Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky ( rus, Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Tsardom of Russia, Russian prince known for his ...

(1577–1642), Russian prince and military leader *

Dmitry of Suzdal Dmitry Konstantinovich (; 1323–1383) was Prince of Suzdal and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal from 1365. He took the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from his son-in-law, Dmitry Donskoy, from 1360 to 1363.Dmitry of Tver Dmitry Mikhailovich (; 1298 – 15 September 1326), nicknamed the Fearsome Eyes or the Terrible Eyes (), was Prince of Tver from 1318 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1322 until his death in 1326, when he was executed in Sarai by the Mongols. ...

(1299–1326), nicknamed "The Fearsome Eyes" *

Dmitry of Uglich Dmitry Ivanovich (; – 15 May 1591) was the youngest son of Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. He was the tsarevich (heir apparent) for close to seven years of his half-brother Feodor I of Russia, Feodor I's reign (though his legitimacy as an h ...

(Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia) (1582–1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible
Later impostors claimed to be this son: **

False Dmitry I False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I () reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich (). According to historian Chester S.L. Dunning, Dmitry was "the only Tsar ever raise ...

(Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605–1606 **

False Dmitry II False Dmitry II (; died ), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called ("the thief of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the T ...

, appeared 1607–1610 **

False Dmitry III False Dmitry III (; died July 1612), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius III, was the last and most enigmatic of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible; Tsarevich Dmitry. Biography Suppos ...

, appeared 1611–1612

Late modern period (from 1800)

Dmitri Alenichev Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian association football, football coach, former player and politician. Club career Despite being a FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted 1991 for Moscow rival ...

(born 1972), Russian football player * Dmitri Aliev (born 1999), Russian figure skater *

Dmitry Andreikin Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin (, born 5 February 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion (2012 and 2018). He won the Tashkent leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 and finish ...

(born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster *

Dmitry Bivol Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol (; born 18 December 1990) is a Russian professional boxer. He won the undisputed light-heavyweight title in February 2025, and has held the unified championship since April 2025, as well as the International Boxing Orga ...

(born 1990), Russian boxer * Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825), Russian composer * Dmitri Bulykin (born 1979), Russian football player *

Dmitry Bykov Dmitry Lvovich Bykov ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Львович Быков, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪdʑ ˈbɨkəf, a=Dmitriy L'vovich Bykov.ru.vorb.oga; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet, literary critic and journalist. ...

(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 Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author, best known for the science fiction novel '' Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for Euronews, RT in its early years, and others. ...

(born 1979), Russian-Israeli author and journalist *

Dmitry Grigoryev (businessman) Dmitriy Mihailovich Grigoriyev (born July 29, 1975) is a Kazakh businessman. Grigoriyev is the former Chief Financial Officer of The Rompetrol Group (currently KazMunayGas International NV), a Romanian oil company, that operates in many countries ...

(born 1975), Kazakh businessman * Dmitry Grigoryev (swimmer) (born 1992), Russian Paralympic swimmer * Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), Russian opera singer *

Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak (, ; ; born 7 November 1958) is a Russian politician who has served as the Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff since 24 January 2020. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2008 to 2020. He has t ...

(born 1958), Russian politician * Dmitry Kholodov (1967–1994), Russian journalist, killed investigating alleged Russian military corruption *

Dmitry Koldun Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun (, Dzmitry Kaldun; ; born 11 June 1985) is a Belarusian pop singer. Koldun rose to fame through his participation in several Russian television talent shows. In 2006, he won the sixth season of ''Fabrika Zvyozd''. H ...

(born 1985), Belarusian singer * Dmitry Kroyter (born 1993), Israeli Olympic high jumper *

Misha Collins Dmitri "Misha" Collins "My mom went to Russia when she was in college, and ��she had a boyfriend whose name was Mitya, which she thought was the same as Misha, which it's not. And his real name was Dmitri, so my real name, actually—my birt ...

(born 1974), born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, American actor * Dmitry Lepikov (born 1972), Russian freestyle swimmer *

Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ( ; ) was a Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the periodic law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known ele ...

(1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor of the periodic table *

Dmitry Muratov Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (; born 29 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the former editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper . He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa for "their efforts to ...

(born 1961), Russian opposition journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner *

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...

(born 1965), Prime Minister and third President of the Russian Federation * Dmitry Aleksandrovich Parkin (born 1982), Russian 3D-artist and computer graphics specialist * 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 Dmitry Aleksandrovich Pumpyansky (born 22 March 1964) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He was the owner and chairman of OAO TMK, a Russian global manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry. As of August 2022, his net worth wa ...

(born 1953/1954), Russian billionaire businessman * Dmitry Salita (born 1982), American boxer *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...

(1906–1975), Soviet composer * Dmitry (Dimitri) Simes (born 1947), Russian-American author, editor, and political pundit * Dmitry Stepushkin (1975–2022), Russian bobsledder *

Dmitri Sychev Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev ( rus, Дми́трий Евге́ньевич Сычёв, Dmitriy Yevgen’yevich Sychyov, ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ sɨˈtɕɵf, Ru-Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev.ogg; born 26 October 1983) is a Russian p ...

(born 1983), Russian football player *

Dmitry Tursunov Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a Russian tennis coach and former player. At age 12, he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singles ranking is w ...

(born 1982), Russian tennis player *

Dmitry Ustinov Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov (; 30 October 1908 – 20 December 1984) was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial comple ...

(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 Dmitri Dell Young (born October 11, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, for the St. Louis Cardinals ...

(born 1973), American baseball player

References

{{given name Russian masculine given names Ukrainian masculine given names Macedonian masculine given names Slovene masculine given names Croatian masculine given names Masculine given names