Given name & surname
Thijs
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
In Dutch use, Thijs is a short form 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
In Dutch use, Thijs is a short form 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
In Dutch use, Thijs is a short form of Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Thijs is a diminutive of Matthijs. Thijs is a short form of Matthijs.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thijs through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 112 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 18 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2007.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thijs’s family of names
Thijs is a short form of Matthew. In Dutch usage, Thijs has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Matt. In Dutch usage, Thijs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Thijs 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.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thijs
- Thijs DallingaDutch association football playerborn 2000
- Thijs van LeerDutch musicianborn 1948
- Thijs LibregtsDutch footballer and managerborn 1941
- Thijs ter HorstDutch volleyball playerborn 1991
- Thijs van DamDutch field hockey playerborn 1997
- Thijs BermanDutch politician and journalistborn 1957
- Thijs AlDutch cyclistborn 1980
- Thijs van Valkengoedswimmerborn 1983
- Thijs ReutenDutch MEPborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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