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Dimetri
Pronounced duh-MEE-tree /dəˈmiː.tri/Medium
Meaning: Dimetri respells Dmitri, the Russian form of the Greek Demetrios, meaning 'devoted to Demeter,' the goddess of grain and the harvest. The inserted -i- makes the Russian name easier to read in English while keeping its sound and its ancient link to the earth's abundance.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Dimetri is an English-friendly spelling of Dmitri, the Russian form of the Greek Demetrios, 'devoted to Demeter,' goddess of grain and harvest. The added vowel eases the tight Dmitri consonants for American readers; it belongs to the late-century use of Slavic and Greek names in creative spellings, its old meaning intact.
In the United States it stayed rare in this spelling, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak around 1992, with use into the twenty-tens. A man named Dimetri then is in his mid-thirties today.
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What does the name Dimetri mean?
It is a respelling of Dmitri, the Russian form of the Greek Demetrios, 'devoted to Demeter.'
How do you pronounce Dimetri?
It is said duh-MEE-tree /dəˈmiː.tri/ - three syllables, with the stress on the second.
Is Dimetri a boy or girl name?
Dimetri is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Dimetri?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen boys a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.