Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov was a translator and opera singer, as well as the son of famous author Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov and Vera Yevseyevna Slonim. He translated many of his father's works. The Nabokov family were a Russian noble family whose members were relatively well-known in one way or another, they could trace their lineage back to a 14th Century Tatar prince.
A great, strong-sounding name. It's a bit too "ethnic" for me to use in my family, since we are not Russian, Greek, or Eastern European, but it is still a wonderful name. I've known a few Dmitris (of various spellings) and they were all cool, too.
― Anonymous User 9/4/2018
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Dymitr (DYH-meetr) is a Polish version of this name, although it's extremely rare. [noted -ed]
Dmitri Hvorostovsky was a famous Russian baritone, especially renowned as Eugene Onegin and in various Verdi roles. It still hurts that I have to write "was".
Dmitri "Misha" Collins is an American actor, best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural. Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard Krushnic and Rebecca Tippens. He was raised in an irreligious family. He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from." His stage name, Collins, is his great grandmother's maiden name.
Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov is a Russian footballer who plays as a left midfielder or a left back for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. He is an identical twin brother of Kirill Kombarov. Known for his technical skills and pace, he currently plays as an attack minded left back.
Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovsky (alternative spelling Dmitrii or Dmitry Iwanowski;Russian: Дми́трий Ио́сифович Ивано́вский; 1864–1920) was a Russian botanist, the first man to discover viruses (1892) and thus one of the founders of virology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Ivanovsky.
If you say it too slow, it sounds like you're saying "da meat tree". Hey ya'll! Let's go to da meat tree and get some t-bones!
― Anonymous User 7/5/2007
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This is probably my favorite masculine Russian name. It makes me think of a sweet, smart, strong guy.I gotta say, though, the anon user's comment had me cracking up.