Given name & surname
Matas
Matas is a masculine given name. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Matas isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 131
- 131 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 as a first name in 2020; 866 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Matas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew. In Lithuanian usage, Matas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Matthäus. In Greek usage, Matas as a surname is a transliteration of Μάτας.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matas has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Matas
- Matas BuzelisLithuanian-American basketball playerborn 2004
- Mattityahu StrashunRussian Talmudic scholar and maskil1817–1885
- Matas MaldeikisLithuanian statesmanborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Matas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.