Dmitrii
A Russian name built on Greek roots, meaning "devoted to Demeter". Around 1,500 men in Poland carry it, and with just a couple of newborn boys a year, it's fading further into rarity.
Dmitrii Pronunciation
Dmitrii is pronounced DMEETR-yee (/ˈdmitrji/).
What Dmitrii means
Where Dmitrii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dmitrii traces back to the Greek Demetrios, a name formed from Demeter, the goddess of grain and the harvest. Read plainly, it means devoted to Demeter. The link to a fertility goddess faded early, and the name settled into the Slavic world as a staple of Russian naming.
In Russia the form Dmitri belonged to princes and saints. Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, a soldier and martyr, gave the name its Christian standing, and grand princes of Moscow carried it for generations. Later it marked scientists and composers. Dmitri Mendeleev ordered the elements into his periodic table, and Dmitri Shostakovich wrote symphonies under a watchful state.
Polish keeps its own version, Dymitr. You meet it less often on a class register than the Russian spelling, though it still turns up on the occasional official form at the urząd.
Dmitrii points back, past tsars and chemists, to Demeter and her grain.
How many people are named Dmitrii
1 in 13879 men in Poland is named Dmitrii. 1,538 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #790 among male names.
Dmitrii's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1525 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021. Still the #790 name among living men, even as it slips to #1525 among newborns.
Where Dmitrii is most popular
Dmitrii is most popular in Lublin, 952% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).