Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dimitris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 517
- 517 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 636 as a first name in 2020; 102 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dimitris’s family of names
In English usage, Dimitris shares an earlier linguistic root with Demetrius. In English usage, Dimitris was borrowed from the Greek form Δημήτρης. In English usage, Dimitris shares an earlier linguistic root with Dmitry.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dimitris
- Demetris Christofias6th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2008-2013)1946–2019
- Dimitris SalpingidisGreek footballerborn 1981
- Dimitri MitropoulosGreek and American conductor (1896–1960)
- Dimitrios PapadopoulosGreek association football playerborn 1981
- Dimitris DiamantidisGreek basketball player (born 1980)
- Dimitris LyacosGreek writer and playwright (born 1966)
- Dimitris AvramopoulosGreek politicianborn 1953
- Dimitrios DiamantakosGreek footballerborn 1993
- Dimitris SaravakosGreek footballerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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