Matti

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.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Matti is one spelling over 5 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.

• Finnish35%

  a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English16%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Matti in English.

• German7.7%

  männl. Vom., finnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Chinese7.4%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Matti in Chinese.

• Hindi6.7%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Matti in Hindi.

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Matti, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Tilda
• Tilly
• Tillie
• Johannes
• Germany
• German
• Matilda
• Finn
• Millie
• English
• French
• Alex

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Matti is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Finland, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Mãttî, Mattī, Mattì

• Portuguese given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Mattí, Mattï, Mätti, Mâttī, Măťťí

• German given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Finland, United States, Austria

  Also written Mätti, Màtti, Maetti

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Mattí, Mattī

• Hindi surname16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Tanzania

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Telugu

  Also written Metta, Mateti, Matta, మొట్టె, Motta

• Italian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Finland, United States

  Also written Mattì, Mätti

52 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.

Matti 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.

• Shortened form of Finnish Mattila or some other surname based on the personal name Matti, a Finnish form of Matthew.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• from a pet form of the personal name Matthaeus (see Matthew).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In bug, wait

  as a word·Austronesian 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.

• Matti Järvinenb. 1909FIathletics competitor (1909-1985)
• Matti Kassilab. 1924FIFinnish film director and screenwriter (1924–2018)
• Paavo Väyrynenb. 1946FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
• Matti Pellonpääb. 1951FIFinnish actor (1951–1995)
• Matti Vanhanenb. 1955FIFinnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland
• Juha Kankkunenb. 1959FInot in their usual nameFinnish former rally driver
• Matti Nykänenb. 1963FIFinnish ski jumper (1963–2019)
• Eicca Toppinenb. 1975FInot in their usual nameFinnish cellist
• Ville Niinistöb. 1976FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician (born 1976)
• Jari-Matti Latvalab. 1985FIFinnish rally driver

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).

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.

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

Where does the name Matti come from?

Shortened form of Finnish Mattila or some other surname based on the personal name Matti, a Finnish form of Matthew. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

Is Matti a male or female name?

Matti is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Finland (DVV): listed as male; Denmark (Danmarks Statistik): listed as male; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Norway (SSB): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.

How do you pronounce Matti?

In Finnish /ˈmɑtːi/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Matti mean?

In Finnish, a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

What are other forms of the name Matti?

In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Matias are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Matti have the most bearers?

In Finland, the national register counted about 74 thousand people named Matti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matti.

Where is Matti most common?

Matti is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 75 people carrying it.

How common is the name Matti?

In Finland, the national register counted 73,837 people named Matti, about 1 in 75 residents.

How common is Matti compared with other names?

In Finland, Matti is the 16th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.