Given name & surname
Mattias
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Mattias is a variant of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mattias is a variant of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mattias is a variant of Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew. Mattias is a variant of Matthias. Matthias has been associated with Hebrew and Aramaic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Mattias developed from Matthias.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mattias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,681
- 2,681 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 185 babies
- 2025
- 163
- #1,233 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 163 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,233 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 43.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,802 as a first name in 2020; 286 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.
Mattias’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Mattias has a short form in MADI. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Mattias developed from the Latin form Matthias. Mattias has a related form in Matthew.
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Around the world
Mattias has relatives in 12 languages.
14 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Matthewvariant · English
- Matiasvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese
- Mathiasvariant · Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Matthiasvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, German
- Madishort form · Estonian
- Matisshort form · Estonian
- Madisshort form · Estonian
- Matsshort form · Estonian, Swedish
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathewequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
- Mathisequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
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- Matthieuequivalent
- Mateuszequivalent
- Mattiequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Matthijsdoublet · Dutch
- Мацвейequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Matiesequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- MatíasSpanish
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matthäusequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Ματθίαςroot · Ancient Greek
- Ματθαῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mattias
- Mattias SvanbergSwedish association football playerborn 1999
- Mattias JonsonSwedish footballerborn 1974
- Mattias EkströmSwedish racecar driverborn 1978
- Mattias JohanssonSwedish association football player, born 1992
- Mattias KäitEstonian association football player (born 1998)
- Mattias AsperSwedish footballerborn 1974
- Mattias ÖhlundSwedish professional ice hockey playerborn 1976
- Mattias SkjelmoseDanish cyclist, born 2000
- Mattias ZachrissonSwedish handball playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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