Across the world, Mats (Mats 
, マッツ 
, Матс 
, along with others...) is a common boy's first name. The first name Mats is habitual in Sweden, where it is a common male name, Norway, where it is quite a rare male name, and Belgium. Very seldom, Mats is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Mats | Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Finland |
| マッツ | Japan |
| Матс | Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan |
| Мац | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus |
| מאטס | Israel |
Mats is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mads Nielsen , the fictional character in Dark.
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mats kettilmundsson Swedish regent, FI (b. 1280) |
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| mats gustavsson (b. 1350) |
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| mats hermaninpoika (b. 1400) |
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| mats kafle SE (b. 1450) |
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| mats ersson nohrman (b. 1638) |
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| mats de tonsberg NO (b. 1638) |
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| mats persson Swedish politician (1657-1739), SE (b. 1657) |
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| mats åkergren Finnish churchbuilder (1752-1839), FI (b. 1752) |
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| mats persson stadig Swedish painter (1786-1862), SE (b. 1786) |
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mats zachrison Swedish politician, SE (b. 1841) |
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| mats erdell Estonian peasant, owner of the first pawned manor in Estonia (b. 1792) |
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| mats olof andersson Swedish painter (1798-1870), SE (b. 1798) |
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mats tysk SE (b. 1841) |
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mats hedlund SE (b. 1873) |
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| mats anders olsson SE (b. 1824) |
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