Matthias
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Matthias is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Germany it is the 23rd most common given name. In German, recorded as from the given name Matthias, Greek Matthaios < Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'.
- DEGermany≈1 in 221(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 415
- PLPoland1 in 49K
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 Matthias 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)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 350 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 221 (inferred from the name graph)
476,684 named Mateus, 2022
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
mainly Welsh variant of Matthew, based on the New Testament Greek form of the name.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Matthias is read(measured from records)
Matthias is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German82%
from the given name Matthias, Greek Matthaios < Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
from Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'; source of Matz forms
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
- French8.2%
Greek form of Hebrew Mattityahu, from mattiṯyāhū ‘gift of YHWH’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Matthias 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 | — | 476,684as Mateus | 1 in 444 | 589K | — | 3 |
| DE Germany | #23 | ≈360,000 est. | ≈1 in 221 | — | Matthias | 330 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 24,351as Mathias | 1 in 694 | 24K | — | 5 |
| DK Denmark | #578 | 22,818as Mathias | 1 in 257 | 23K | Matthias | 97 |
| AT Austria | #60 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 415 | 19K | Matthias | 175 |
| NO Norway | — | 12,894as Mathias | 1 in 424 | 49K | Matthias | 34 |
| PL Poland | #310 | 777 | 1 in 49K | 777 | Matthias | 3 |
476,684 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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 — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INEC — civil registry names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Matthias is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, mainly Welsh variant of Matthew, based on the New Testament Greek form of the name.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Matthias is a strong, classic name of Hebrew origin meaning 'gift of God'. It's the name of the apostle chosen to replace Judas, giving it a sense of integrity and divine purpose. A less common alternative to Matthew, Matthias has a sophisticated and timeless appeal.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Matthias is a Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattithyahu (מַתִּתְיָהוּ), meaning 'gift of Yahweh' or 'gift of God'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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)
- Matthias Grünewaldb. 1480DEGerman Renaissance painter (c.1480–1528)
- Matthias, Holy Roman Emperorb. 1557ATHoly Roman Emperor (1557-1619)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Olbersb. 1758DEnot in their usual nameGerman physician and astronomer (1758-1840)
- Theodor Mommsenb. 1817DEnot in their usual nameGerman classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
- Matthias Sindelarb. 1903ATAustrian association football player (1903-1939)
- Matthias Habichb. 1940DEGerman actor
- Matthias Sammerb. 1967DEGerman association football player, coach and executive (born 1967)
- Matthias Schoenaertsb. 1977BEBelgian actor
- Matthias Schweighöferb. 1981DEGerman actor
- Matthias Ginterb. 1994DEGerman association football player (born 1994)
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 103 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 19K | #26 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 1.1K | #1,556 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 874 | #354 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 777 | #554 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 742 | #541 |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 331 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 282 | #26 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 145 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 145 | #31,820 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 43 | — |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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
- Where does the name Matthias come from?
- mainly Welsh variant of Matthew, based on the New Testament Greek form of the name. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Matthias?
- In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Matias are forms of the same name in other languages; Mats is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Matthias have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 477 thousand people named Mateus, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Matthias mean?
- In German, from the given name Matthias, Greek Matthaios < Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'
- Is Matthias a male or female name?
- Matthias 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.
- How common is the name Matthias?
- In Poland, the national register counted 777 people named Matthias in 2026, about 1 in 49 thousand residents.
- How common is Matthias compared with other names?
- In Germany, Matthias is the 23rd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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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, “Matthias” — the 23rd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.