Gender Masculine
Usage German, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts Ματθίας, Μαθθίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ma.ˈtiː.as/(German) /ma.tjas/(French) /mɑ.ˈti.ɑs/(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)
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
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17th century depiction of Saint MatthiasCategories
apostles, artists, Ascendance of a Bookworm characters, Atelier characters, chess Grandmasters, Civilization VI characters, DJs, Fire Emblem characters, flugelhornists, Grishaverse characters, guitarists, kings, mountaineers, Ni no Kuni characters, nobility, Orthodox saints, painters, producers, Redwall characters, saints, Six of Crows characters, Tamora Pierce characters
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3159, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3159.
