Dimitris
Masculine · “of Demeter”
Dimitris is the everyday modern Greek form of the old name Demetrios. One Dimitris, the Athens-born conductor billed in America as Dimitri Mitropoulos, led the Minneapolis Symphony and then the New York Philharmonic, and was famous for conducting huge scores from memory and without a baton.
How old is the name Dimitris?
Dimitris first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Dimitris alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 500 people named Dimitris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dimitris most popular?
Dimitris peaked in 1981, reaching #3030 nationally. See the whole 1981 chart.
Where it comes from
From Demeter to Dimitris
The story of Dimitris
Greek names ending in -is lose the s when someone speaks to their bearer directly: a Dimitris is called Dimitri, just as a Giorgos is called Giorgo. It is the vocative case, a form English does not have, and it means a Greek family calling a Dimitris to dinner says a word English readers take for the Russian name. Dimitris Mitropoulos was born in Athens in 1896, took over the Minneapolis Symphony in 1937 and the New York Philharmonic in 1949, and died in Milan in 1960, collapsing at a rehearsal of Mahler's Third Symphony.
Meaning
of Demeter
From Greek Demetrios, belonging to Demeter, the goddess of grain and the harvest. Dimitrios is the formal and church form; Dimitris is the one used in speech.
How the name formed
- Demeter
- Demetrios
- Dimitrios
- Dimitris
Related forms: Demetrius · Dmitri · Dimitar · Dimitrije · Demetrio
Pronouncing Dimitris
dee-MEE-trees
Greek stresses the second syllable. When calling to him, Greek drops the s: dee-MEE-tree.
Nicknames for Dimitris
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 199119 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3030reached in 1981
- Change vs 2023
- +60.0%8 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dimitris in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Demetrius in English — related form
- Dmitri in Russian — related form
- Dimitar in Bulgarian — related form
- Dimitrije in Serbian — related form
- Demetrio in Italian — related form
Dimitriss among us
people named Dimitris are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dimitris sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A name with an unbroken Greek history from antiquity to the present, used today in its everyday form.
- A distinguished American musical career was built under it.
- Comes with established Greek nicknames and an easy English one.
- Americans may stress the first syllable or read it as Dimitri with an s added; both are small corrections.
- Paperwork may ask whether the legal name is Dimitris or Dimitrios, and families sometimes find the two forms split between documents. Choosing one for the birth certificate settles it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dimitriss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Dimitris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dimitris in 2025?
- Dimitris is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Dimitris with classmates?
- Dimitris will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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