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Dimitar

Boy · di-MEE-tar · Greek

Dimitar is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Demeter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).

What does Dimitar mean?

Greek: Bulgarian form of Demetrius

“of Demeter”

The Bulgarian form of Demetrius, from Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.

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Is Dimitar a girl's or a boy's name?

Dimitar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dimitar in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,202among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Dimitar, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 23 boys.

Half of all the boys named Dimitar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.

2007Busiest: 23 in 20182025
Dimitar in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#2,202
20245#3,772
202314#1,812
202213#1,886
202115#1,686
202017#1,512
201916#1,608
201823#1,243
201721#1,331
201613#1,909
20158#2,614
201412#1,929
201314#1,715
20127#2,849
20115#3,446
20105#3,478
20090–
20084#3,836
20074#3,748

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