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Around the world, מאטה (Mata , Mate , Matta ) is a widespread unisex first name. The first name מאטה is habitual in Croatia, where it is a common boy's name, India, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, and Hungary, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Croatia, and Nigeria. More prevalently, מאטה is the last name as well as the forename.
מאטה is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mata Bond , character in Casino Royale; Mata , the character from Disney's The Emperor's New Groove; Mata Harrier ; Mata , the character from novel Sugar loaf and mate of Lincoln , the fictional character from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, among other works.