Dmitrij
From the Greek for "devoted to Demeter", it comes into Polish alongside the more settled form Dymitr. Given only to boys and carried by roughly 336 men across the country, it's rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Dmitrij Pronunciation
Dmitrij is pronounced DMEET-reey (/ˈdmitrij/).
What Dmitrij means
Where Dmitrij comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Dmitrij begins in Greek, in Demetrios, built from Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest. Its short meaning stays close to that source: devoted to Demeter. The root is a goddess. To be named Dmitrij was once to be marked as belonging to her, to the power that ripened the fields.
In Russian hands the name became Dmitri, worn by princes and saints. Dmitri Donskoi led Moscow's forces to victory at Kulikovo in 1380, and the name held onto that martial weight afterward. Fyodor Dostoevsky later gave it to Dmitri Karamazov, the eldest and most turbulent of the brothers.
Polish keeps the name a step to the side, in the variant Dymitr, which a teacher might read once from a class register. The tie to Demeter is no claim about grain in any real field. It is a line back to a Greek goddess, folded into a name that still means devoted to Demeter.
How many people are named Dmitrij
1 in 63530 men in Poland is named Dmitrij. 336 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1643 among male names.
Dmitrij's popularity over time
6 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #856 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Dmitrij is most popular
Dmitrij is most popular in Świętokrzyskie, 333% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+184%) and Pomeranian (+144%).
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Świętokrzyskie2 boys born+333%
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West Pomeranian2 boys born+184%
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Pomeranian3 boys born+144%
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Lower Silesian3 boys born+129%
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Masovian4 boys born+36%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+6%
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Silesian2 boys born+6%
Dmitrij as a middle name
Dmitrij is a first name for 336 men in Poland and a middle name for another 10, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3084th, between Dimas (10) and Doroteusz (10).
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#3082 Diamond10
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#3083 Dimas10
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#3084 Dmitrij10
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#3085 Doroteusz10
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#3086 Doru10