Dmitry

Dmitri, Dmitry or Dmitriy, sometimes also Dmitrij (Дми́трий - ˈdmʲitrʲɪj); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (Дими́трий); ancient Russian forms: D'mitr(iy) or Dmitr (Дьмитр(ии) or Дъмитръ) is a male given name, the version of Greek Demetrius. The meaning of the name is a "devoted to", "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" [Dêmêtêr - Δημητηρ or Demetra], "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture).

Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька, or Ми́тенька); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya etc. (Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, etc.)

Dmitry is one of the most popular names in Russia. The statistics shows that for five months in the period from March 16 to August 16 in 2005 in Moscow: 1390 boys were named Alexander, 1087 Maksim, 1085 Nikita, 1070 Ivan, and 867 Dmitry.

St. Dimitri's Day

The feast of the Saint Dimitri Solunski, martyr (St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki) is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [Old Style October 26].

The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Gregorian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.

The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates those Orthodox soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo.

Notable people named Dmitry

• Dmitri Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской, 1350–1389) Grand Duke of Muscovy
• Dmitry Pereslavsky (Дмитрий Переславский - Dmitry of Pereslavl, c1250-1294) was Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
• Dmitri Romanov (Дмитрий Романов - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, 1891-1941) Russian imperial dynast assassinated Rasputin
• Dimitri Solunski (Святой Димитрий Солунский - St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 3rd century – 306) , Saint martyr of 3rd-4th centuries.
• Dmitri Suzdalsky (Дмитрий Суздальский - Dmitri of Suzdal, 1324–1383) Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod
• Dimitri Tsarevich, Tsarevich Demetrius, or Tsarevich Dimitri, or Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of Uglich and Dmitry of Moscow, (Дмитрий Иванович, Дмитрий Угличский, Дмитрий Московский) (1582-1591) a Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya.
• Dmitry Pozharsky, liberator of Moscow during the Time of Troubles
• Dmitry Lepikov (Дмитрий Лепиков), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and the creator of the first periodic table of elements
• Dmitry Shostakovich, Soviet composer
• Dmitry Kholodov, Journalist of the Russian newspaper Moskovskii Komsomolets, killed as he was investigating alleged corruption among high ranks of the Russian military.
• Dmitry Medvedev, third President of the Russian Federation

False Dmitries

• False Dmitry I (Лжедмитрий I, ruled 1605-1606) claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevich Dmitriy Ivanovich; real name was Grigory Otrepyev
• False Dmitry II (Лжедмитрий II) first appeared on the scene c1607, killed in 1610
• False Dmitry III (Лжедмитрий III) proclaiming himself the tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, on March 28 1611, executed on May 18, 1612

Demetriuses

• Demetrius I 337-283 BC, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon (294 - 288 BC)
• Demetrius II son of Antigonus Gonatas, reigned as king of Macedonia from 239 to 229 BC
• Demetrius III "The Invincible" identified with an Indo-Greek king who reigned in the area of Gandhara and Punjab around 100 BCE
• Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC) a ruler of the Hellenic Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus

etc., see Demetrius

Dimitri Video Games

• The Dimitri Project a game by Lionhead Studios

In other languages

• Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης (Demétrios, Dimitris)
• Дмитрий (Dmitrij)
• Зьміцер, Дзьмітры (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
• Demetrius
• Dymitr, Demetriusz (imię)
• Дмитро (Dmytro)
• Dimitri
• Dimitri en dorien (l)
• Deiomitry
• (Dmitriy) דמיטרי
• Demetrio
• Demetrio
• Zmitro
• Demeter
• Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
• Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
• Serbian: Dimitrije
• Macedonian: Димитар, Димитри