Given name & surname
Mathis
Mathis is a surname from French. It is used in English, French, and Norwegian.
Original FrenchMathias
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mathis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,975
- 1,975 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 141 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #3,356 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,356 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 62.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 141 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,425 as a first name in 2020; 51,361 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.
Mathis’s family of names
Mathis has a surname derivative in Mathisen. In German usage, Mathis has a related form in Matthias. In Norwegian usage, Mathis has an alternative spelling in MATTIS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mathis has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Mathis comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mathis
- Rayan CherkiFrench footballer (born 2003)
- Jimmy ReedAmerican blues musician and songwriter (1925–1976)
- Mathis BollyIvorian footballerborn 1990
- Mathis DeslogesFrench cross-country skierborn 2002
- Mathis OlimbNorwegian ice hockey playerborn 1986
- Matthis AblineFrench association football playerborn 2003
- Mathis AmougouFrench footballer (born 2006)
- Mathis WackernagelSwiss sustainability advocateborn 1962
- Mathis Le Berrepro cyclistborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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