Matan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Марат in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 5 more, Martin in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, LA Laos and 2 more, Marat in US United States, BE Belgium, HR Croatia and Matin in ES Spain, AR Argentina, IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Matan is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name2.6K records spelled Matan12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Israel, United States, India

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Mat-An, Матан, Mățan, Matane

• a separate given name2.4K records spelled Matan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Israel, Pakistan

  Also written Mățan, Matan̲, Matán

• Polish given name2.3K records spelled Matan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Israel

  Also written Mattan

• Indonesian given name975 records spelled Matan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Israel, Indonesia, Philippines

  Also written Mat-An, Ma'Tan

• French given name616 records spelled Matan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Israel, Philippines, United States

  Also written Mat-An, Mãtãn

• Arabic given name521 records spelled Matan7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, India, Saudi Arabia

  Also written Mat-An, Mãtãn, Mâţâň, Mẵtẵň, Matán

• Norwegian Bokmål given name188 records spelled Matan6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Israel, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Mățan

32 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.

Other recorded senses●

Matan is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In tao, a fish: the porgy ([Tsuchida, Yamada, and Moriguchi 1987](Source#cldf:tsuchidayamadaandmoriguchi1987))

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In ivb, kind of fish resembling the squirrel fish, but with larger eyes and mouth

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Asturian, third-person plural present subjunctive of matar

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

• In Galician, third-person plural present indicative of matar

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

• In vo, spouse (husband or wife), consort

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

• In Polish, large button with a shiny eye

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

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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 72 years between 1926–2012. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Matan Yairb. 1977ILIsraeli writer
• Matan Poratb. 1982ILIsraeli pianist and composer
• Matan Uzielb. 1985ILIsraeli filmmaker
• Matan Hodorovb. 1985ILIsraeli economic commentator and anchorman
• Matan Ohayonb. 1986ILIsraeli footballer
• Mat Zob. 1990GBnot in their usual nameBritish DJ
• Matan Talb. 1992ILIsraeli filmmaker known for essay films
• Matan Baltaxab. 1995ILIsraeli association footballer
• Matan Roditib. 1998ILIsraeli Olympic marathon swimmer
• Matan Evenb. 2007American YouTuber and influencer (born 2007)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 259 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Matan?

We estimate roughly 1.0 million people bear Matan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Matan have the most bearers?

Matan is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled марат.

Where is Matan most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Matan is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 28 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Matan compared with other names?

In Russia, Matan is the 101st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Matan a male or female name?

Matan 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.