Given name
Mattaniah
“a gift from God”
Mattaniah is a variant of Mataniah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Original Hebrewמתניה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mattaniah is a variant of Mataniah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mattaniah is a variant of Mataniah. An origin associated with Mataniah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun mattan (מתן), “gift.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Mattaniah appears in Nehemiah 11:17, Nehemiah 11:22, Nehemiah 12:8 and 1 other passage.
- Nehemiah 11:17
- Nehemiah 11:22
- Nehemiah 12:8
- 1 Chronicles 25:16
From biblical name research
Mattaniah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 30 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,238 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,238 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mattaniah’s family of names
Mattaniah has a related form in Mataniah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 16
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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