Given name & surname
Mati
“giver of life”
Mati is a variant of Matisoon. One Native American interpretation is “giver of life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mati is a variant of Matisoon. One Native American interpretation is “giver of life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mati is a variant of Matisoon. An origin associated with Matisoon is Native American.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Mati is a diminutive of Mateo. In Portuguese usage, Mati is a diminutive of Matias.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mati through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 67 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,721 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,721 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 480 as a first name in 2020; 432 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.
Mati’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Mati is a diminutive of Mateo. In Greenlandic usage, Mati has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew. In Portuguese usage, Mati is a diminutive of Matias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mati has relatives in 9 languages.
14 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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.
People named Mati
- Mati DiopFrench-Senegalese actress and film director (born 1982)
- Mati UntEstonian writer, essayist and theatre director (1944–2005)
- Mati KlarweinGerman artist (1932-2002)
- Mati LogoreciAlbanian educator, linguist and publisher (1867-1941)
- Mati KarminEstonian sculptor (born 1959)
- Mati FusiTuvuluan footballerborn 1982
- Mati MandelEstonian archaeologist (born 1945)
- Mati RaidmaEstonian politician (born 1965)
- Mati PariEstonian footballer and coach (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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