Mattaniah

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical
Scripts מַתַּנְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "gift of Yahweh" in Hebrew, derived from מַתָּן (mattan) meaning "gift" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This was the original name of Zedekiah, a king of Judah, in the Old Testament.

Related Names

Rootsmattan + Yahweh
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthias(Biblical Greek) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Netanyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mattheus, Matthias(Biblical Latin) Mazhe(Breton) Matey(Bulgarian) Mateu(Catalan) Matej, Mateo(Croatian) Matouš(Czech) Matthew(English) Mati(Estonian) Matti(Finnish) Mahé, Matéo, Mathéo, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthieu(French) Mate(Georgian) Matthäus(German) Matthaios, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Matityahu(Hebrew) Máté(Hungarian) Maitiú(Irish) Matteo(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Matej(Macedonian) Matheo, Matteus(Norwegian) Mateusz(Polish) Mateus(Portuguese) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey(Russian) Matúš(Slovak) Matej, Matevž(Slovene) Mateo(Spanish) Matheo, Matteus(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)

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Categories

divine gift, gift, kings, theophoric names
Entry updated December 1, 2024