Meaning, origin and history of the name Dimitar

Gender Masculine

Scripts Димитър(Bulgarian) Димитар(Macedonian)

Meaning & History

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Demetrius.

VariantDimitrij(Macedonian)

DiminutivesDimo, Mitko, Mitre(Bulgarian) Dimo, Mitko, Mitre(Macedonian)

Other Languages & CulturesDhimitër(Albanian) Demetrios, Demetrius(Ancient Greek) Dzmitry(Belarusian) Dmitar(Croatian) Dimitri(French) Dima, Dimitri(Georgian) Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dimos(Greek) Demeter, Dömötör(Hungarian) Demetrio(Italian) Dmitrijs(Latvian) Dymitr(Polish) Demétrio(Portuguese) Dumitru, Mitică(Romanian) Dmitri, Dmitrii, Dmitriy, Dmitry, Dima, Dimitri, Dimka, Mitya(Russian) Dimitrije, Dmitar, Mitar(Serbian) Demeter(Slovak) Dimitrij, Mitja(Slovene) Demetrio(Spanish) Dmytro(Ukrainian)

Surname DescendantsDimitrov, Dimitrova(Bulgarian) Dimitrov, Dimitrova(Macedonian)