# Dmitry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dmitry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “demeter”, “pertaining to” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dimitri, Dimitry, Dmitri, Dmitrii, Dmitriy |
| US babies named this | 623 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 623 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 58, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Medieval Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”) + -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Demetrius, Dimitri, and Dimitris.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,184 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,089 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,070 |
| 2014 | 31 | 3,477 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,171 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,614 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,909 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,838 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,841 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,745 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,818 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,466 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,516 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,498 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,209 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: دْمِيتْرِي
- Bulgarian: Дими́тър
- Chinese: 德米特里
- Dutch: Dimitri
- French: Dimitri
- German: Dmitri
- Hebrew: דמיטרי
- Hindi: दिमित्री
- Japanese: ドミトリー
- Korean: 드미트리
- Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
- Portuguese: Dmitri, Dimitri
- Romanian: Dimitrie, Dimitri, Dimitrii, Dmitrie
- Russian: Дми́трий
- Swedish: Dmitrij
- Ukrainian: Дмитро́

## People named Dmitry

- Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, conductor (music), pianist, music teacher
- Dmitry Larionov, canoeist
- Dmitry Verkhovtsov, Belarusian footballer (born 1986)
- Dmitry Grigorenko, Chief of Staff for the Government of Russian Federation
- Dmitry Kovtun, former Russian intelligence agent (1965–2022)
- Dmitry Nalbandyan, Armenian artist (1906-1993)
- Dmitry Mazepin, businessman
- Dmitry Strotsev, Belarusian writer
- Dmitry Chepovetsky, Canadian actor
- Dimitrij Nazarov, footballer
- Maxime Pauty, French foil fencer
- Dmitriy Shevchenko, fencer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.