Matīss

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Vīrieša vārds

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Matīss is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 552(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 27K
  • SESweden1 in 232K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

3,405 people

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 552 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Matiss in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

Vīrieša vārds

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Matīss counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Matīss is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia3,4051 in 5523.4KMatiss30
SE Sweden441 in 232K44——
DK Denmark141 in 419K14—1
IS Iceland131 in 27K13——
PL Poland81 in 4.8M8——

3,405 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register), counting the spelling matīss. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Matīss is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United States, Mexico, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Matiss

  • Ukrainian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Belarus

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Матісс, Матисс, Matisse, Matiss, Матиссе

  • Estonian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Matiss

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Latvia

    Also written Matiss, Matìss, Matïss

  • Lithuanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Matiss

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Matiss

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Matiss

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Matiss

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Matīss Kaudzīte, b. 1848Matīss Ārons, b. 1858Matīss Siliņš, b. 1861Matīss Akuraters, b. 1982Matīss Burģis, b. 1989Matīss Karro, b. 1991Matīss Miknis, b. 1992Matīss Kaža, b. 1995Matīss Kivlenieks, b. 1996Matiss Kulackovskis, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalSveiki Matīss,Hi Matīss, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Matīss
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—3.4K#157
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—3.4K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20268#12,559
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#14,326

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Matīss?
In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Matias are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Matīss a male or female name?
Matīss is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Matīss mean?
Recorded meaning: Vīrieša vārds
In which country does Matīss have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 3.4 thousand people named Matīss, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matiss.
Where is Matīss most common?
Matīss is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 552 people carrying it.
How common is the name Matīss?
In Latvia, the national register counted 3,405 people named Matīss, about 1 in 552 residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Matīss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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