Dimitri

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Дмитрий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 7 more, Dmitry in US United States, ES Spain, DE Germany and 4 more, Dmitrij in MD Moldova, CZ Czechia and Дмитро in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dimitri is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name83K records spelled Dimitri13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Australia, Belgium

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Dîmîtrî, Dimitrí, Dïmîtrī

• German given name19K records spelled Dimitri3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Belgium, Austria

  Also written Dīmitrī

• Greek given name9.8K records spelled Dimitri156 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Brazil, United States, Peru

  Languages: Greek, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Dimitris, Δημητρης, Demetrio, Demetrius, Demetris

• Finnish given name5.4K records spelled Dimitri5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, Belgium

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Dimitrî, Dimitrí

• a separate given name2.6K records spelled Dimitri6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia

  Also written Dímitri, Dīmitrī, Dimítri, Di̲mi̲tri̲, Dimitrï

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dimitri is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Dmitry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, The drug dimethyltryptamine.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, forma eslava de Demétrios; patronímico do nome do fundador

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Origine latine, du nom Déméter, déesse romaine de la Terre et des Moissons.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Forme slave d’un prénom latin, Démétrie.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 96 years between 1917–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dmitry Donskoyb. 1350RUnot in their usual namePrince of Moscow
• Dmitry Pozharskyb. 1577RUnot in their usual nameRurikid prince (1577-1642)
• Dimitrie Cantemirb. 1674ROnot in their usual namePrince of Moldavia
• Dmitri Mendeleevb. 1834RUnot in their usual nameRussian chemist (1834–1907)
• Dmitri Kabalevskyb. 1904RUnot in their usual nameSoviet-Russian composer (1904-1986)
• Dmitry Muratovb. 1961RUnot in their usual nameRussian journalist and television presenter (born 1961)
• Dmitri Medvedevb. 1965RUnot in their usual namePresident of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020
• Dmitry Peskovb. 1967RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
• Dmitri Sychevb. 1983RUnot in their usual nameRussian footballer
• Nicholas Galitzineb. 1994GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor (born 1994)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 775 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dimitri?

We estimate roughly 148 thousand people bear Dimitri (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Dimitri have the most bearers?

Dimitri is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled дмитрий.

How common is Dimitri compared with other names?

In Russia, Dimitri is the 13th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Dimitri a male or female name?

Dimitri is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dimitri mean?

Recorded meaning: French form of Greek Demetrios, from Demeter