Gender Masculine & Feminine
Scripts Матија(Serbian)
Pronounced Pron. MA-tee-ya(Croatian, Serbian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of Matthias, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. It is occasionally used as a feminine name.

Related Names

VariantsMatic, Matjaž(Slovene) Mateja(Serbian)
DiminutivesTjaž(Slovene) Mate, Matko, Mato(Croatian)
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Matia(Basque) Mattaniah, Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah(Biblical) Matthaios, Matthias(Biblical Greek) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mattheus, Matthias(Biblical Latin) Matey(Bulgarian) Mateu(Catalan) Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš(Czech) Mathias, Mads(Danish) Mathijs, Matthias, Matthijs, Thijs, Ties, Tijs(Dutch) Matthew, Mat, Mathew, Matt, Mattie, Matty(English) Mati, Mattias, Madis(Estonian) Matias, Matti(Finnish) Matéo, Mathéo, Mathias, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthias, Matthieu, Mathis, Mathys, Matis(French) Mate(Georgian) Mathias, Matthias, Mathis, Matthäus, Mattis(German) Matthaios, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Mattityahu(Hebrew) Máté, Mátyás(Hungarian) Matthías(Icelandic) Maitiú(Irish) Mattea, Matteo, Mattia(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Matej(Macedonian) Mathea, Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mats, Mattis(Norwegian) Maciej, Mateusz(Polish) Mateus, Matias(Portuguese) Matheus(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey, Motya(Russian) Matej, Matúš(Slovak) Mateo, Matías(Spanish) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattias, Mats, Mattis, Matts(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsMatić, Matijević(Croatian) Matijević(Serbian)

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Name Days

Croatia: May 14

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Entry updated December 8, 2017