Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Matthias

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MATTHIAS

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

OTHER SCRIPTS: Ματθιας (Greek)

PRONOUNCED: mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Variant of Matthaios (see MATTHEW) which appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary, including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.

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VARIANTS: Mathias, Mathis, Mattias (German), Mathias, Mattias (Swedish), Mathias (Norwegian), Mathias (Danish), Mathias, Mathis (French), Matthijs (Dutch), Mattheus (Biblical Latin), Matthaios (Biblical Greek)

DIMINUTIVES: Mats (Swedish), Mats (Norwegian), Mads (Danish), Thijs, Ties (Dutch)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Matia (Basque), Mattityahu (Biblical Hebrew), Mateu (Catalan), Matija, Mate, Matej, Mateo, Matko, Mato (Croatian), Matěj, Matouš (Czech), Mat, Mathew, Matt, Matthew, Mattie, Matty (English), Matias, Matti (Finnish), Makaio (Hawaiian), Mattithyahu, Mattityahu (Hebrew), Mátyás, Máté (Hungarian), Maitiú (Irish), Mattia, Matteo (Italian), Matas (Lithuanian), Matej (Macedonian), Maciej, Mateusz (Polish), Matias, Mateus (Portuguese), Matheus (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Matfey, Matvei, Matvey, Motya (Russian), Mateja, Matija (Serbian), Matej, Matúš (Slovak), Matija, Matjaž, Matej, Matevž, Matic, Tjaž (Slovene), Matías, Mateo (Spanish)

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