Meaning & History
Diminutive of Matthijs, Diederik and other names beginning with the Old High German element diota, Old Frankish þeoda meaning "people".
Related Names
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) Matej, Mateo, Matija, Mate, Matko, Mato(Croatian) Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš(Czech) Mathias, Mads(Danish) Dederick, Derrick, Matthew, Derek, Derick, Deryck, Dirk, Mathew(English) Mati, Mattias, Tiidrik, Madis, Tiit(Estonian) Matias, Matti(Finnish) Matéo, Mathéo, Mathias, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthias, Matthieu, Thierry, Mathis, Mathys, Matis(French) Durk(Frisian) Mate(Georgian) Diedrich, Dietrich, Mathias, Matthias, Didi, Diederich, Dieter, Dirk, Mathis, Matthäus, Mattis, Thilo, Till, Tilo(German) Theoderich(Germanic) Theodoric, Theodoricus, Þiudareiks, Theudoricus(Gothic) Matthaios(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Mattityahu(Hebrew) Máté, Mátyás(Hungarian) Matthías(Icelandic) Maitiú(Irish) Matteo, Mattia(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Dirk(Low German) Matej(Macedonian) Tielo(Medieval German) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mats, Mattis(Norwegian) Þeudōrīks(Old Germanic) Maciej, Mateusz(Polish) Mateus, Matias(Portuguese) Matheus(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey(Russian) Mateja, Matija(Serbian) Matej, Matúš(Slovak) Matej, Matevž, Matija, Matjaž, Matic, Tjaž(Slovene) Mateo, Matías(Spanish) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattias, Mats, Mattis, Matts(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)