Dimitri
From Greek, a name meaning "dedicated to Demeter". Fewer than 500 men in Poland carry it and not a single boy was given it last year, so most Poles will never meet one.
Dimitri Pronunciation
Dimitri is pronounced dee-MEET-ree (/diˈmitri/).
What Dimitri means
Where Dimitri comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dimitri comes from the Greek Demetrios, built on the name of Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest. In myth she governed the growing of crops and the turning of the seasons. The short meaning stays close to that source: dedicated to Demeter. Demeter kept the fields alive.
The name settled deep in Russian soil, where Russians say it as Dmitri. It belonged to saints and to princes across the centuries of Rus. Dmitri Donskoi, the grand prince of Moscow, led the victory over the Mongols at Kulikovo in 1380, and that day fixed his name in Russian memory.
Polish keeps its own spelling, Dymitr. In a school class register the name sits among the Krzysztofs and Bartoszes, a Greek goddess standing behind its letters. The root holds under every version. Dedicated to Demeter, the meaning that started it all.
How many people are named Dimitri
1 in 44751 men in Poland is named Dimitri. 477 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1346 among male names.
Dimitri's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Dimitri as a middle name
Dimitri is a first name for 477 men in Poland and a middle name for another 30, a 94/6 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1530th, between Dilip (30) and Emiliusz (30).
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#1528 Casey30
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#1529 Dilip30
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#1530 Dimitri30
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#1531 Emiliusz30
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#1532 Ewan30