Meaning & History
Diminutive of Matthijs, as well as Diederik and other names beginning with Old High German diota or Old Frankish þeoda meaning "people".
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Matia(Basque) Mattaniah, Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah, Nethaniah(Biblical) Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthias(Biblical Greek) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Netanyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mattheus, Matthias(Biblical Latin) Mazhe, Mahé(Breton) 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) Mahé, 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, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Matityahu(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)