# Dmitry

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{{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](/source/Demetrius_of_Thessaloniki)
| pronunciation        = {{IPA|ru|ˈdmʲitrʲɪj|lang}}
| gender               = Male
| meaning              = "devoted/dedicated to [Demeter](/source/Demeter)"
| region               = [Ancient Greece](/source/Ancient_Greece)
| language             = [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages)
| origin               = [Greek](/source/Greek_language) ''[Demetrius](/source/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](/source/Demi), Dimi, [Demmy](/source/Demmy), Dimmy
| variant forms        = Dimitry, Dimitri
| related names        = [Demetrius](/source/Demetrius), [Demetria](/source/Demetria_(name)), [Demetrios](/source/Demetrios), [Demeter](/source/Demeter), [Demetra](/source/Demetra), [Demi](/source/Demi), [Dimitrije](/source/Dimitrije), [Dimitris](/source/Dimitris), [Dimitar](/source/Dimitar), [Dmytro](/source/Dmytro), [Mitar](/source/Mitar)
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}}

'''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](/source/given_name) common in [Orthodox](/source/Orthodoxy) [Christian culture](/source/Christian_culture), the Russian version of [Demetrios](/source/Demetrios) ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος|Dēmḗtrios}}, {{IPA|el|ðiˈmitrios|pron:}}). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of [Demeter](/source/Demeter)" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth",  the [Greek](/source/Greek_mythology) [goddess](/source/goddess) of [agriculture](/source/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](/source/Saint_Demetrius) of Thessalonica  is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [<nowiki/>[Old Style](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates): October 26].

The [name day](/source/name_day) (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the [Julian Calendar](/source/Julian_Calendar)) See also: [Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar](/source/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](/source/Battle_of_Kulikovo).

==Notable people with the name==

===Pre-late modern period===
* [Dmitry Donskoy](/source/Dmitry_Donskoy) (1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy
* [Dmitry of Pereslavl](/source/Dmitry_of_Pereslavl) (1250–1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal
* [Dmitry Pozharsky](/source/Dmitry_Pozharsky) (1577–1642), Russian prince and military leader
* [Dmitry of Suzdal](/source/Dmitry_of_Suzdal) (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod
* [Dmitry of Tver](/source/Dmitry_of_Tver) (1299–1326), nicknamed "The Fearsome Eyes"
* [Dmitry of Uglich](/source/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](/source/False_Dmitry_I) (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605–1606
** [False Dmitry II](/source/False_Dmitry_II), appeared 1607–1610
** [False Dmitry III](/source/False_Dmitry_III), appeared 1611–1612

===Late modern period (from 1800) ===
* [Dmitri Alenichev](/source/Dmitri_Alenichev) (born 1972), Russian football player
* [Dmitri Aliev](/source/Dmitri_Aliev) (born 1999), Russian figure skater
* [Dmitry Andreikin](/source/Dmitry_Andreikin) (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster
* [Dmitry Bivol](/source/Dmitry_Bivol) (born 1990), Russian boxer
* {{anbl|Dmitry Bobyshev}}
* [Dmitry Bortniansky](/source/Dmitry_Bortniansky) (1751–1825), Russian composer
* [Dmitri Bulykin](/source/Dmitri_Bulykin) (born 1979), Russian football player
* [Dmitry Bykov](/source/Dmitry_Bykov) (born 1967), Russian writer, journalist, and poet
* [Dmitry Chaplin](/source/Dmitry_Chaplin) (born 1982), Russian professional dancer
* [Dmitry Chernyshyov](/source/Dmitry_Chernyshyov) (born 1975), Russian swimmer
* [Dmitri Constantinov](/source/Dmitri_Constantinov) (born 1952), Moldovan politician and businessman
* [Dmitry Fuchs](/source/Dmitry_Fuchs) (born 1939), Russian-American mathematician
* [Dmitry Furmanov](/source/Dmitry_Furmanov) (1891–1926), Soviet author and political officer
* [Dmitri Goldenkov](/source/Dmitri_Goldenkov) (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
* [Dmitry Glukhovsky](/source/Dmitry_Glukhovsky) (born 1979), Russian-Israeli author and journalist
* [Dmitry Grigoryev (businessman)](/source/Dmitry_Grigoryev_(businessman)) (born 1975), Kazakh businessman
* [Dmitry Grigoryev (swimmer)](/source/Dmitry_Grigoryev_(swimmer)) (born 1992), Russian Paralympic swimmer
* [Dmitri Hvorostovsky](/source/Dmitri_Hvorostovsky) (1962–2017), Russian opera singer
* [Dmitry Kozak](/source/Dmitry_Kozak) (born 1958), Russian politician
* [Dmitry Kholodov](/source/Dmitry_Kholodov) (1967–1994), Russian journalist, killed investigating alleged Russian military corruption
* [Dmitry Koldun](/source/Dmitry_Koldun) (born 1985), Belarusian singer
* [Dmitry Kroyter](/source/Dmitry_Kroyter) (born 1993), Israeli Olympic high jumper
* [Misha Collins](/source/Misha_Collins) (born 1974), born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, American actor
* [Dmitry Lepikov](/source/Dmitry_Lepikov) (born 1972), Russian freestyle swimmer
* [Dmitri Mendeleev](/source/Dmitri_Mendeleev) (1834–1907), Russian chemist and inventor of the periodic table
* [Dmitry Muratov](/source/Dmitry_Muratov) (born 1961), Russian opposition journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
* [Dmitry Medvedev](/source/Dmitry_Medvedev) (born 1965), Prime Minister and third President of the Russian Federation
* [Dmitry Aleksandrovich Parkin](/source/Dmitry_Parkin) (born 1982), Russian 3D-artist and computer graphics specialist
* [Dmitry Pavlenko](/source/Dmitry_Pavlenko) (born 1991), Russian handball player
* [Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia](/source/Dmitri_Pavlovich_of_Russia) (1891–1941), cousin of Tsar Nicholas II who took part in the assassination of Rasputin
* [Dmitry Pumpyansky](/source/Dmitry_Pumpyansky) (born 1953/1954), Russian billionaire businessman
* [Dmitry Salita](/source/Dmitry_Salita) (born 1982), American boxer
* [Dmitri Shostakovich](/source/Dmitri_Shostakovich) (1906–1975), Soviet composer
* [Dmitry (Dimitri) Simes](/source/Dmitry_Simes) (born 1947), Russian-American author, editor, and political pundit
* [Dmitry Stepushkin](/source/Dmitry_Stepushkin) (1975–2022), Russian bobsledder
* [Dmitri Sychev](/source/Dmitri_Sychev) (born 1983), Russian football player
* [Dimitry Tsarevski](/source/Dimitry_Tsarevski) (born 2003), American ice dancer
* [Dmitry Tursunov](/source/Dmitry_Tursunov) (born 1982), Russian tennis player
* [Dmitry Ustinov](/source/Dmitry_Ustinov) (1908–1984), Soviet Defense Minister
* [Dmitry Utkin](/source/Dmitry_Utkin) (1970–2023), Russian military officer
* [Dmitry Vybornov](/source/Dmitry_Vybornov) (born 1970), Russian light-heavyweight boxer
* [Dmitry Yazov](/source/Dmitry_Yazov) (1921–2020), Marshal of the Soviet Union
* [Dmitri Young](/source/Dmitri_Young) (born 1973), American baseball player

==See also==
* For the variants of the name in other languages, see [Demetrius](/source/Demetrius)

==References==
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Category:Russian masculine given names
Category:Ukrainian masculine given names
Category:Macedonian masculine given names
Category:Slovene masculine given names
Category:Croatian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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