Mati
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Mati is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Costa Rica it is the 80th most common surname.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 308as Mata(measured from records)
- BRBrazil1 in 415as Mota
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 637as Mata
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mati itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #896 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 389 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
510,309 named Mota
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Mata in BR Brazil, US United States, VE Venezuela and 5 more.
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)
a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mati 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #212 | 510,309as Mota | 1 in 415 | 510K | Mata | 157 |
| US United States | — | 48,120as Mata | 1 in 6.9K | 48K | Mata | 389 |
| VE Venezuela | #114 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 637 | — | Mata | 109 |
| PH Philippines | #386 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Mata | 75 |
| ES Spain | #184 | 20,612as Mata | 1 in 2.4K | 21K | Mata | 178 |
| CR Costa Rica | #80 | 16,568as Mata | 1 in 308 | 17K | Mata | 97 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #165 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Mata | 46 |
| SV El Salvador | #187 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Mata | 51 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 2.8K | Mati | 9 |
510,309 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname), counting the spelling mota. 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mati is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, to die
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fj, to ebb, of the tide, as opposed to the flow; part of the reef exposed at low tide
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Portuguese, a diminutive of the male given names Mateus or Matias
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, a diminutive of the male given names Matías or Mateo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iba, dead; set (of the sun); fast, firm, tight, immovable
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stanisław Wyspiańskib. 1869PLnot in their usual namePolish playwright, painter and poet (1869–1907)
- Mateusz Morawieckib. 1968PLnot in their usual name17th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- Mateusz Kusznierewiczb. 1975PLnot in their usual namePolish yacht racer
- Mateusz Damięckib. 1981PLnot in their usual namePolish actor
- Mati Diopb. 1982FRFrench-Senegalese actress and film director (born 1982)
- Mateusz Łasowskib. 1983PLnot in their usual namePolish actor
- Mateusz Kościukiewiczb. 1986PLnot in their usual namePolish actor
- Mateusz Klichb. 1990PLnot in their usual namePolish association football player
- Mateusz Ponitkab. 1993PLnot in their usual namePolish basketball player (born 1993)
- Mateusz Wieteskab. 1997PLnot in their usual namePolish association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 2.8K | #48 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 2.8K | #48 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 432 | #51,968 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 348 | #58,337 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 285 | #65,133 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 256 | #21,237 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 224 | #21,237 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 150 | #46,374 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 56 | #25,277 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 52 | #11,976 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 40 | #52,307 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 40 | #51,690 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 does the name Mati mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Mati a male or female name?
- Mati is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Mati?
- In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Mathew are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Mati have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 510 thousand people named Mota, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Mati?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 510,309 people named Mota, about 1 in 415 residents.
- How common is Mati compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Mati is the 212th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/matiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mati” — the 212th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.