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Origin:
Greek,
Latin
31 famous people named Demetri found on Wikipedia.
3663 male, 158 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1787-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
783-th in year 1992
Dmitry, transliterated from Russian as Dmitrii (Russian: Дми́трий, IPA: [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 Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος Dēmētrios, Greek pronunciation: [ðiˈmitrios]). The meaning of the name is a "devoted to," "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ Dēmētēr), "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, Dimusha etc. (Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, Диму́ша, 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, 867 Dmitry.
Follower of Demeter: goddess of the harvest and agriculture. Means: earth mother, barley mother.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demetri Martin | 1973 | American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist |
| 2 | Demetri Goodson | 1989 | American football player |
| 3 | Demetri Mitchell | 1997 | British association football player |
| 4 | Demetri Catrakilis | 1989 | Rugby player |
| 5 | Demetri Betts | 1973 | American singer |
| 6 | Demetri McCamey | 1989 | American basketball player |
| 7 | Demetri Porphyrios | 1949 | Greek architect |
| 8 | Demetri Terzopoulos | Professor of Computer Science in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles where he directs the Computer Graphics & Vision Laboratory. | |
| 9 | Demetri Marchessini | 1934 | British businessman |
| 10 | Demetri Psaltis | Greek physicist | |
| 11 | Demetri Goritsas | American actor | |
| 12 | Demetri Dollis | 1956 | Victoria, Australian and Greek politician |
| 13 | Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh | 1948 | American bishop |
| 14 | Demetri Corahorgi | 1880 | United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient |
| 15 | Demetri d'Erètria | ||
| 16 | Demetri d'Alexandria | ||
| 17 | Demetrius of Sounion | ||
| 18 | Demetri de Bitínia | ||
| 19 | Demetrius of Athens | Ancient Greek poet | |
| 20 | Demetri Arquiater | ||
| 21 | Demetri d'Apamea | ||
| 22 | Demetri Quitres | ||
| 23 | Demetri de Tars | ||
| 24 | Demetri Púgil | ||
| 25 | Demetri de Bizanci | ||
| 26 | Demetri Mosque | ||
| 27 | Demetri de Capadòcia | ||
| 28 | Demetri | ||
| 29 | Demetri d'Ilium | ||
| 30 | Demetri de Cízic | ||
| 31 | Demetri d'Adramítium |