Dmitrijs
Just over a hundred men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it in recent years, so most Poles will never meet one. At root it's Greek, meaning dedicated to the goddess Demeter.
Dmitrijs Pronunciation
Dmitrijs is pronounced DMEET-reeys (/ˈdmitrijs/).
What Dmitrijs means
Where Dmitrijs comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Dmitrijs comes from Greek. Its source is Demetrios, formed from Demeter, the goddess of grain and the harvest. The short meaning follows from that link: dedicated to Demeter. Ancient bearers of Demetrios were counted as belonging to her, marked for the goddess who ruled the fields.
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki carried the name into Christian devotion, and his feast still falls on 26 October. From the Greek root the name spread across Slavic and Baltic lands, softening into Dmitri and then into the Latvian Dmitrijs. In Poland the same name settled as Dymitr, a variant that keeps the goddess tucked inside its first syllables.
On a school register the name Dmitrijs runs longer than most around it. The meaning does not shout. Its Polish gloss reads należący do bogini Demeter, belonging to the goddess Demeter. The variant Dymitr keeps that same old debt to the goddess of grain.
How many people are named Dmitrijs
1 in 185619 men in Poland is named Dmitrijs. 115 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3153 among male names.