Given name
Dmitry
“a follower of the goddess Demeter”
Dmitry is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dmitry is a variant of Demetrius. One Greek interpretation is “a follower of the goddess Demeter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Dmitry is a variant of Dmitri. An origin associated with Dmitri is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Russian Дми́трий, from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dmitry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 623
- 623 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,209 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,209 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,679 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dmitry’s family of names
In English usage, Dmitry shares an earlier linguistic root with Demetrius. In English usage, Dmitry has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Dimitri. Dmitry has a related form in Demetrius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dmitry has relatives in 25 languages.
39 related names in 25 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 54
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Demitriequivalent
- Dimitriosequivalent
- Demetrioequivalent
- Demetriosequivalent
- Dmytroequivalent
- Demetreequivalent
- Dimitarequivalent
- Demeterequivalent
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- Dimitrisdoublet · English
- DimitrieRomanian
- Dmitrijsequivalent
- Δημήτρηςequivalent
- Димитрійequivalent
- Зміцерequivalent
- Dymytriiequivalent
- Дзмітрыйequivalent
- Димитърequivalent
- Δημήτριοςequivalent
- Dzmitryequivalent
- Dimitrijequivalent
- Dumitruequivalent
- Дмитроequivalent
- დემეტრეequivalent
- Мӗтриcv
- 德米特里Mandarin
- ᎢꮋꮯCherokee
- Дими́търBulgarian
- DźmitryBelarusian
- ZmicierBelarusian
- DzmitryjBelarusian
- Зьмі́церBelarusian
- Дзьмі́трыBelarusian
- Змі́церBelarusian
- Дзмі́трыйBelarusian
- دْمِيتْرِيArabic
- Миитэрэйsah
- Дмитро́Ukrainian
- ดมิตรีThai
- МетерейTatar
- DmitrijSwedish
- ДимитриеSerbo-Croatian, Romanian
- Дми́трийRussian
- ДмитрийRomanian
- ДмитриеRomanian
- ДимитрийRomanian
- DmitrieRomanian
- DimitriiRomanian
- DemetriuszPolish
- DymitrPolish
- دمیتریPersian
- 드미트리Korean
- ドミトリーJapanese
- दिमित्रीHindi
- דמיטריHebrew
People named Dmitry
- Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist (1834–1907)
- Dmitry MedvedevPresident of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020born 1965
- Dmitri ShostakovichSoviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
- Dmitry MuratovRussian journalist and television presenter (born 1961)
- Dmitry DonskoyPrince of Moscow1350–1389
- False Dmitry ITsar of Russia (1605–1606)1600–1606
- Dmitry PeskovRussian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
- Dmitry UstinovSoviet military commander and politician (1908-1984)
- Dmitry Kabalevskycomposer, conductor (music), pianist, music teacher1904–1987
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