Dimitar

Dimitar is the Bulgarian form of Demetrius, the classical Greek name sacred to Demeter, goddess of grain and the earth's turning seasons. The name is one of Bulgaria's most persistent classics, carried by the national poet Dimitar Dimov and the football legend Dimitar Berbatov, whose languid elegance on the pitch somehow matched the vowels of his name. Three syllables that roll out steadily, ending with that firm Slavic r. The Feast of Saint Dimitar on October 26 remains a major day in the Bulgarian calendar, often marking the close of the agricultural year. Dimitar reads harvest-golden, serious, deeply tied to place.