Gender Masculine
Scripts Ματθίας, Μαθθίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ma.ˈtiː.as/(German) /ma.tjas/(French) /mɑ.ˈti.jɑs/(Dutch) /mə.ˈθaɪ.əs/(English) /ˈmat.tʰi.aːs/(Latin)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Greek Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of Ματθαῖος (see Matthew). This form 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 (spelled Mátyás in Hungarian), including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.

Related Names

VariantsMathias, Mathis, Mattis(German) Mathias, Mathis, Mathys, Matis(French) Mathijs, Matthijs(Dutch) Mattheus(Biblical Latin) Mattathias, Matthaios(Biblical Greek)
DiminutivesThijs, Ties, Tijs(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Matia(Basque) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Netanyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mazhe, Mahé(Breton) Matey(Bulgarian) Mateu(Catalan) Matej, Mateo, Matija, Mate, Matko, Mato(Croatian) Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš(Czech) Mathias, Mads(Danish) Matthew, Mat, Mathew, Matt, Mattie, Matty(English) Mati, Mattias, Madis(Estonian) Matias, Matti(Finnish) Mate(Georgian) Matthaios, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Matityahu(Hebrew) Máté, Mátyás(Hungarian) Matthías(Icelandic) Maitiú(Irish) Matteo, Mattia(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Matej(Macedonian) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mats, Mattis(Norwegian) Maciej, Mateusz(Polish) Mateus, Matias(Portuguese) Matheus(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey, Motya(Russian) Mateja, Matija(Serbian) Matej, Matúš(Slovak) Matej, Matevž, Matija, Matjaž, Matic, Tevž, Tjaž(Slovene) Mateo, Matías(Spanish) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattias, Mats, Mattis, Matts(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingMatthías

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Austria: February 24
France: May 14

Images

17th century depiction of Saint Matthias17th century depiction of Saint Matthias

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3159, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3159.
Entry updated October 6, 2024