What is "dmitry"

Dmitry, transliterated from Russian as Dmitrii (, ); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri ; ancient Russian forms: D'mitr(iy) or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος Dēmētrios, ). The meaning of the name is a "devoted to," "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ Dēmētēr), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture.

Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc. (, etc.)

Dmitry is one of the most popular names in Russia. The statistics shows that for five months in the period from March 16 to August 16 in 2005 in Moscow: 1390 boys were named Alexander, 1087 Maksim, 1085 Nikita, 1070 Ivan, 867 Dmitry.