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I love both. I've always liked Dimitri, probably because of the animated movie, Anastasia. Although I prefer Dmitri over Demetrio.

I adore Dimitri in pretty much any and all spellings.
I would have been pleased to hear it too!

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I like pretty much all forms too.

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Dimitri / Dmitri / Dmitry / Dmitrii / Dmitriy / Dima / Mitya
Demetrios / Demetrius
Dumitru / Mitică
Dimitar
Dömötör
Mitre
Demetrio
etc, etc

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Oddly, not a big fan of the female forms.

This message was edited 1/8/2019, 9:53 PM

I knew a Dmitri (that spelling) in college. American born and raised, though I believe he had Eastern European ancestry (and I'm also fairly certain he was Jewish, though irreligious). At first the name "wowed" me, because I'd never heard it on a real person. But after a while it seemed fairly normal.

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Dimitri (my preferred spelling) is a cool name, imo. Strong, like you said. Though I do think it would be odd on someone who no connections to Eastern Europe.

There are always Dimitri or Demetrios etc people where I live, all of them of Greek descent. And they all seem to end up going by Jimmy! Which I think is a courtesy to the rest of us, to whom the name is unfamiliar.

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I once knew a South African Greek whose name is Apostolos; he chose to go by Albert. Same reason. (His brother is Peter, and that was no problem to anyone so he kept it unaltered.)

Sounds very... Russian. Like the name of a Russian guy with olive skin and black hair, in his early 20s (literally, what I think when I hear the name) and has several spellings, like other Russian names but overall unique in a sea of Aydens.

I feel like I've met one, but I don't know when/where that would have been. One of my favorite people is called Demi, though...and I grew up with a Kemitra, so the sound is similar...I've always liked it. It's recognizable to most people but not overused.

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Starting with my favorite, I would rank the spellings/versions...

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Dmitri
Demetri
Dmitriy
Demetrius
Demetrios
Demetrio
others...

This message was edited 1/6/2019, 11:29 PM

Hi !!!

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I like both names. I would prefer Demetrio.

Hi!

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Dimitri reminds me of Anastasia.