{{Short description|Orthodox Christian masculine name}} {{for|the Russian ship|Russian ship Dmitry}} {{Infobox name | name = Dmitri | image = Saint Demetrius of Protat.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Demetrius of Thessaloniki | pronunciation = {{IPA|ru|ˈdmʲitrʲɪj|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = "devoted/dedicated to Demeter" | region = Ancient Greece | language = Slavic | origin = Greek ''Demetrius'' | alternative spelling = Dmitry, Dmitri, Dmitrii, Dmitriy, Dimtri, Dimitry, Dmitry, Demitri, Dmitrij, Dimitri, Demetri, Dimietri, Dimitrii, Demitri, Demitri, Demetrie, Dimitrie | nickname = Dima, Mitya, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmie, Dimmie, Demmie, Mimmie, Metry, Metrie, Jimbo, Mimi, Mitry, Mitrie, Demi, Dimi, Demmy, Dimmy | variant forms = Dimitry, Dimitri | related names = Demetrius, Demetria, Demetrios, Demeter, Demetra, Demi, Dimitrije, Dimitris, Dimitar, Dmytro, Mitar | name day = | derived = | popularity = y | footnotes = }}
'''Dmitry''' ({{langx|ru|Дми́трий}}; Church Slavic form: '''Dimitry''' or '''Dimitri''' ({{lang|ru|Дими́трий}}); ancient Russian forms: '''D'mitriy''' or '''Dmitr''' ({{lang|ru|Дьмитр(ии)}} or {{lang|ru|Дъмитръ}})) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Demetrios ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος|Dēmḗtrios}}, {{IPA|el|ðiˈmitrios|pron:}}). The meaning of the name is "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 '''Mit, Mitya''', '''Mityay''', '''Mit'ka''' or '''Miten'ka''' ({{lang|ru|Мить, Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька}}, or {{lang|ru|Ми́тенька}}); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are '''Dima''', '''Dimka''', '''Dimochka''', '''Dimulya''', '''Dimusha''', '''Dimon''' etc. ({{lang|ru|Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, Диму́ша, Димон}}, etc.)
==St. Dimitri's Day== The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [<nowiki/>Old Style: October 26].
The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before this is called Demetrius Saturday<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=83 |title=Lives of the Saints – Orthodox Church in America}}</ref> and commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo.
==Notable people with the name==
===Pre-late modern period=== * Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy * Dmitry of Pereslavl (1250–1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal * Dmitry Pozharsky (1577–1642), Russian prince and military leader * Dmitry of Suzdal (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod * Dmitry of Tver (1299–1326), nicknamed "The Fearsome Eyes" * Dmitry of Uglich (Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia) (1582–1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible<br />Later impostors claimed to be this son: ** False Dmitry I (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605–1606 ** False Dmitry II, appeared 1607–1610 ** False Dmitry III, appeared 1611–1612
===Late modern period (from 1800) === * Dmitri Alenichev (born 1972), Russian football player * Dmitri Aliev (born 1999), Russian figure skater * Dmitry Andreikin (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster * Dmitry Bivol (born 1990), Russian boxer * {{anbl|Dmitry Bobyshev}} * Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825), Russian composer * Dmitri Bulykin (born 1979), Russian football player * Dmitry Bykov (born 1967), Russian writer, journalist, and poet * Dmitry Chaplin (born 1982), Russian professional dancer * Dmitry Chernyshyov (born 1975), Russian swimmer * Dmitri Constantinov (born 1952), Moldovan politician and businessman * Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), Russian-American mathematician * Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), Soviet author and political officer * Dmitri Goldenkov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player * Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979), Russian-Israeli author and journalist * Dmitry Grigoryev (businessman) (born 1975), Kazakh businessman * Dmitry Grigoryev (swimmer) (born 1992), Russian Paralympic swimmer * Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), Russian opera singer * Dmitry Kozak (born 1958), Russian politician * Dmitry Kholodov (1967–1994), Russian journalist, killed investigating alleged Russian military corruption * Dmitry Koldun (born 1985), Belarusian singer * Dmitry Kroyter (born 1993), Israeli Olympic high jumper * Misha Collins (born 1974), born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, American actor * Dmitry Lepikov (born 1972), Russian freestyle swimmer * Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor of the periodic table * Dmitry Muratov (born 1961), Russian opposition journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner * Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Prime Minister and third President of the Russian Federation * Dmitry Aleksandrovich Parkin (born 1982), Russian 3D-artist and computer graphics specialist * Dmitry Pavlenko (born 1991), Russian handball player * Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891–1941), cousin of Tsar Nicholas II who took part in the assassination of Rasputin * Dmitry Pumpyansky (born 1953/1954), Russian billionaire businessman * Dmitry Salita (born 1982), American boxer * Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Soviet composer * Dmitry (Dimitri) Simes (born 1947), Russian-American author, editor, and political pundit * Dmitry Stepushkin (1975–2022), Russian bobsledder * Dmitri Sychev (born 1983), Russian football player * Dimitry Tsarevski (born 2003), American ice dancer * Dmitry Tursunov (born 1982), Russian tennis player * Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984), Soviet Defense Minister * Dmitry Utkin (1970–2023), Russian military officer * Dmitry Vybornov (born 1970), Russian light-heavyweight boxer * Dmitry Yazov (1921–2020), Marshal of the Soviet Union * Dmitri Young (born 1973), American baseball player
==See also== * For the variants of the name in other languages, see Demetrius
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