Given name · Serbian · Serbo-Croatian
Матија
“gift of Yahweh”
Матија (Màtija) is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Matthew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Матија goes back to Hebrew מתיתיהו (Matityahu), meaning “gift of Yahweh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Матија comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Матија developed from Matthias.
Матија’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Матија developed from the Latin form Matthias. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Матија has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew. In Serbian usage, Матија has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Matias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Матија has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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