Demetrius is the
Latinized form of the
Ancient Greek male given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...
".
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro,
Dimitri, Dimitrie,
Dimitar Dimitar ( bg, Димитър; Macedonian: Димитар) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is widely found in Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Dimitar is derived from Saint Demetrius (280–306), alternate form of Demetrius. Containing the ...
, Dumitru, Demitri, Dhimitër, and
Dimitrije Dimitrije (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије) is a masculine given name. Dimitrije is a Serbian variant of a Greek name Demetrius. It may refer to:
* Dimitrije Ljubavić (1519–1564), Serbian Orthodox deacon, humanist, writer and printer
* Patr ...
,
in addition to other forms (such as
Russian Dmitry) descended from it.
Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:
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Demetrius of Alopece Demetrius of AlopeceAlopece (Ἀλωπεκή) was a deme of Classical Athens. ( el, Δημήτριος), was a Greek sculptor of the early part of the 4th century BC, who is said by ancient critics to have been notable for the lifelike realism of hi ...
(4th century BC), Greek sculptor noted for his realism
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Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; grc-gre, Δημήτριος ὁ Φαληρεύς; c. 350 – c. 280 BC) was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, an ancient port of Athens. A student of Theophrast ...
( – BC)
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Demetrius,
somatophylax
''Somatophylakes'' ( el, Σωματοφύλακες; singular: ''somatophylax'', σωματοφύλαξ) were the bodyguards of high-ranking people in ancient Greece.
The most famous body of ''somatophylakes'' were those of Philip II of Macedon a ...
of
Alexander the Great (d. 330 BC)
*Demetrius - brother of
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( grc-gre, Ἀντίγονος Μονόφθαλμος , 'the One-Eyed'; 382 – 301 BC), son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, general, satrap, and king. During the first half of his life he serv ...
, king of Macedonia 306-301 BC
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Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I (; grc, Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), also called Poliorcetes (; el, Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), was a Macedonian nobleman, military leader, and king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynast ...
(337–283 BC), called ''Poliorcetes'', son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
294–288 BC
*
Demetrius the Fair
Demetrius I the Fair or the Handsome ( gr, Δημήτριος ὁ Καλός, c. 285 BC–249 BC), known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Hellenistic king of Cyrene, who succeeded Magas I.
Family
Dem ...
(Demetrius the Handsome, Demetrius of Cyrene) (285 BC-249/250 BC) -
Hellenistic
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...
king of
Cyrene
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Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC
*
Demetrius, son of
Philip V of Macedon
*
Demetrius of Pharos - ruler of
Pharos
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: ὁ Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, contemporary Koine ), was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the re ...
c. 222 – 219 BC, involved in the
First Illyrian War
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Demetrius the Chronographer Demetrius the Chronographer (or ''Demetrius the Chronicler''; grc-gre, Δημήτριος) was a Jewish chronicler (historian) of the late 3rd century BC, who lived probably in Alexandria and wrote in Greek.
Works
His text is almost lost and only ...
(late 3rd century BC), Jewish chronicler (historian)
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Demetrius I Soter
Demetrius I (Greek: ''Δημήτριος Α`'', 185 – June 150 BC), surnamed Soter (Greek: ''Σωτήρ'' - "Savior"), reigned as king (basileus) of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 – June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome a ...
(185–150 BC), king of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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Demetrius I of Bactria (d. 180 BC), Greek king of
Bactria
Bactria (; Bactrian: , ), or Bactriana, was an ancient region in Central Asia in Amu Darya's middle stream, stretching north of the Hindu Kush, west of the Pamirs and south of the Gissar range, covering the northern part of Afghanistan, southwe ...
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Demetrius II of India
Demetrius II (Greek: ) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled briefly during the 2nd century BC. Little is known about him and there are different views about how to date him. Earlier authors such as Tarn and Narain saw him as a son and sub-king of Dem ...
(fl. early 2nd century BC), possible relative of the above
*
Demetrius II Nicator (d. 125 BC), son of Demetrius I Soter
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Demetrius III Aniketos, Indo-Greek king BC
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Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC), son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid King
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Demetrius the Cynic (1st century),
Cynic philosopher
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Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria
Demetrius I (died 22 October 232), 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth year of Roman Emperor Co ...
, ruled in 189–232
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Demetrius of Thessaloniki (died 306), Christian martyr and saint
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Demetrius of Bulgaria
Demetrius ( cu, Димитрїи Блъгарьскъ bg, Димитрий Български) was the second Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the first one to have been recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as a r ...
was the second
Patriarch of the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
between c. 927 and c. 930, and the first one to have been recognized by the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Demetrius Zvonimir
Demetrius Zvonimir ( hr, Dmitar Zvonimir, ; died 1089) was a King of Dalmatia and Croatia from 1076 until his death in 1089. He was crowned as king in Solin on 8 October 1076. Zvonimir also served as Ban of Croatia (1064–1074), and was named ...
(died 1089), King of
Croatia 1075–1089
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Demetrius I of Georgia, son of
David IV of Georgia the Great, (1125–1156)
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Dhimitër Progoni (1208-1216), medieval Albanian prince
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Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Russian prince
*Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as
False Dmitry I, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606
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Demetrius the Neomartyr
Saint Demetrius the Neomartyr ( el, Άγιος Δημήτριος Νεομάρτυρας, or Άγιος Δημήτριος Ο Νέος) (1779-1803) is an Orthodox Christian saint, commemorated on 14 April in the Church of Greece.
Early life
Dem ...
(1779–1803), Orthodox Christian martyr and saint
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Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1861–1870
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Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (many spellings; el, Δημήτριος Στεφάνοβικ Σκυλίτσης; 1839–1893) was an Ottoman-born Greek banker in London and Paris, and later a steamship owner in Constantinople. He was also the acti ...
(1839–1893)
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Demetriu Radu
Demetriu Radu (26 October 1861 – 8 December 1920) was between 1897 and 1903 the Greek Catholic Bishop of Lugoj, and from 1903 to 1920 the Greek Catholic Bishop of Oradea Mare.
Origins and studies
Demetriu Radu was born of peasant parents ...
(1861–1920), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
(1834–1907), Russian chemist, creator of the first
periodic table
The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the (chemical) elements, is a rows and columns arrangement of the chemical elements. It is widely used in chemistry, physics, and other sciences, and is generally seen as an icon of ch ...
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Hadzhi Dimitar
Dimitar Nikolov Asenov ( bg, Димитър Николов Асенов ; 10 May 1840 – 10 August 1868), better known as Hadzhi Dimitar ( ), was one of the most prominent Bulgarian voivode and revolutionaries working for the Liberation of Bulg ...
(Dimitar Nikolov Asenov) (10 May 1840 – 10 August 1868), prominent Bulgarian
voivode and revolutionary
*
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...
(1906–1975), Russian composer
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Demetrios Trakatellis
Archbishop Demetrios (born Demetrios Trakatellis; el, Δημήτριος Τρακατέλλης) is a former elder archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He resigned from this posi ...
(born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999.
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Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
(born 1965), Prime Minister of Russia
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Dimitrije Avramović
Dimitrije "Mita" Avramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Мита Митриновић; 15 March 1815 – 1 March 1855) was a Serbian writer, iconographer, caricaturist and painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preem ...
, Serbian painter
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Dimitrije Bašičević
Mangelos (born Dimitrije Bašičević; 21 April 1921 – 18 December 1987) was a Yugoslavian artist, curator and art critic whose artistic production included handmade books, sculptures and paintings. His work and research contributed greatly to t ...
, Serbian painter
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Dimitri Davidović
Dimitrije "Dimitri" Davidović (; born 21 May 1944) is a Serbian–Belgian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Davidović was a professional soccer player during 16 years in the first divisions of Europe.
Partizan
Born in Belgra ...
, Serbian footballer
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Demetri Martin, American comedian
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Demetri McCamey, American basketball player
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Dimitri Kitsikis
Dimitri Kitsikis ( el, Δημήτρης Κιτσίκης; 2 June 1935 – 28 August 2021) was a Greek Turkologist, Sinologist and Professor of International Relations and Geopolitics. He also published poetry in French and Greek.
Life
Dimitri K ...
, Greek geopolitician
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Dimitrije Banjac, Serbian actor
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Dimitrios Salpingidis
Dimitris Salpingidis ( el, Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης ; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a winger or a striker. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack."
...
, Greek footballer
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Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
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Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
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Dimitrije Injac, Serbian footballer
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Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American
mixed martial arts fighter
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Dimitrij Kotschnew
Dimitrij Kotschnew (born July 15, 1981) is a Kazakhstani-born German former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Kotschnew played six seasons for the Iserlohn Roosters over two spells. From 2004 to 2007, he served as their starting goaltender. H ...
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Dimitrije T. Leko
Dimitrije "Mita" T. Leko ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Т. Леко; January 22, 1863 – September 24, 1914) was a Serbian architect and urbanist.
Biography
He spent most of his life outside Serbia and finished high school in Winterthur before s ...
, Serbian architect
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Dimitrije Ljotić, Serbian politician
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Dimitrij Nonin
Dimitrij Nonin (born 5 April 1979) is a German gymnast. He finished 21st in the all around at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2 ...
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Dimitrije Pejanović, Serbian handballer
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Dimitrije Mitrinović, Serbian writer
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Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
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Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education ...
, Serbian writer
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Demetrius Rhaney
Demetrius Rhaney (born June 22, 1992) is a former American football center. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee State, having also played at Ellsworth Community ...
(born 1992), American football player
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Dimitrij Rupel
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Dimitrije Ruvarac, Serbian writer
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Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije
Dimitrije ( sr, Димитрије; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the first Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1920 until his death. He was styled "His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and ...
of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
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Dimitrios Siovas
Dimitrios Siovas ( el, Δημήτριος Σιόβας; born 16 September 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.
Club career
Early career & Panionios
Siovas was born and rai ...
, Greek footballer
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Dome Sztojay
A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...
, Serbian politician
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Demetrius Treadwell
Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell (born 10 November 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Liga Leumit (basketball). He played college basketball for the Akron Zips, before playing professionally in ...
(born 1991), American basketball player for
Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League
Liga Leumit
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Dimitrije Tucović
Dimitrije "Mita" Tucović ( sr-Cyrl, Димитрије Туцовић, ; 13 May 1881 – November 1914) was a Serbian theorist of the socialist movement, politician, writer and publisher. He was founder of the Serbian Social Democratic Par ...
, Serbian politician
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Lucia Demetrius
Lucia Aurora Demetrius (February 16, 1910–July 29, 1992) was a Romanian novelist, poet, playwright and translator.
Life
Born in Bucharest, her parents were the writer Vasile Demetrius and his wife Antigona (''née'' Rabinovici). Her father ...
, Romanian writer
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Vasile Demetrius
Vasile Demetrius (pen name of Vasile Dumitrescu; October 1, 1878–March 15, 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer, poet and translator.
Born in Șcheii Brașovului, his parents were Dumitru Ogea, who built and maintained ...
, Romanian writer
Fictional characters
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Demetrius (Shakespeare), a main character in William Shakespeare's play, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''; Demetrius is also a villainous character in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy, ''Titus Andronicus''
*Demetrius, a character in Mira Nair's ''
Mississippi Masala
''Mississippi Masala'' is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores ...
''
*Demetrius, a Greek slave in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel ''
The Robe'' and its film sequel below
*''
Demetrius and the Gladiators'', a 1953 20th Century Fox film
*Demetrius, one of the Titans in the two-part ''
Charmed
''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...
'' episode "Oh My Goddess!"
*Demetrios, a character in ''
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles''
*Demetri, a fictional character in the ''
Twilight'' fantasy series
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Demitri Maximoff
is a fictional character in Capcom's '' Darkstalkers'' series. Making his first appearance in '' Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'' in 1994, he is the series' male protagonist.
Appearances In video games
Demitri is a mighty Romanian vampire lord ...
, a vampire from the Capcom video game series ''Darkstalkers''
*Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's ''
''
*Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter ''
Call of Duty: World at War''
In other languages
* al, Dhimitër
* be, Зьміцер, Дзмітрый (Źmicier, Dz'mitry)
* bg, Димитър (Dimitar)
* nl, Dimitri
* fi, Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
*french: Dimitri
* ka, დემეტრე (
Demetre
Demetre is an Old Greek male name.
Examples
*Demetre Chiparus
*Demetre II of Georgia
*Demetre I of Georgia
* Demetre Kantemir
* Demetre of Guria
* Demetres Koutsavlakis
*Demetrescu-Tradem
Traian Rafael Radu Demetrescu (; also known under h ...
), დიმიტრი (Dimitri)
*german: Demetrius
*Modern el, Δημήτρης, Δημήτριος, Μήτρος, Μήτσος, Μητσάρας, Ντίμης (
Dimitris Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to:
*Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...
, Dimitrios, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras,
Jimmy
Jimmy may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy
* ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma
* ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...
)
* he, (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי
* hu, Dömötör
* it, Demetrio, Dimitri
* pl, Dymitr, Demetriusz
* pt, Demétrio
* ro, Dumitru, Dimitrie
*russian: Дмитрий, Митя (Dmitriy, Mitja)
* sk, Demeter
* sl, Dimitrij, Mitja
* tr, Demeter
* es, Demetrio
* uk, Дмитро (Dmytro)
*
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar), Митар (Mitar)
*
Croatian:Dmitar
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References
Demetrius Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Given names of Greek language origin
Greek masculine given names
English masculine given names
Theophoric names
Demeter