Mathias

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Matthias in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland and 8 more.

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●

Attested across 5 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◐

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

• French given name487K records spelled Mathias33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Mathïas, Mathías, Mathiàs, Mathîas, Mathìas

• Portuguese given name211K records spelled Mathias3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, United States

  Also written Mathías

• Finnish given name17K records spelled Mathias4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Mathías, Mäthias

• a separate given name8.4K records spelled Mathias2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Switzerland, Sweden

  Also written Mathías

• Czech given name8.4K records spelled Mathias7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, United States

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

  Also written Mäthias, Mãťhīãš, Mathías, Mathiaš

• a separate given name6.5K records spelled Mathias4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Tanzania

  Also written Mathías, Måthįās, Máthîås

82 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●

Mathias 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.

• from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Danish, a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias or Matthew

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

• In Portuguese, a male given name; dated form of Matias

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

• In French, même origine que Mathieu.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• Matatia

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Heinrich Campendonkb. 1889DEnot in their usual nameDutch painter of German birth (1889–1957)
• Oswald Mathias Ungersb. 1926DEGerman architect (1926–2007)
• Mathias Gnädingerb. 1941CHSwiss actor (1941-2015)
• John Englerb. 1948USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician
• Mathias Herrmannb. 1962DEGerman actor
• Mathias Rustb. 1968DEGerman amateur aviator and activist
• Mathias Énardb. 1972FRFrench writer, translator, and university teacher (born 1972)
• Josh O'Connorb. 1990GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor (born 1990)
• Mathias Jørgensenb. 1990GMDanish association football player (born 1990)
• Mathias Jensenb. 1996DKDanish association football player (born 1996)

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 · 1,247 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mathias?

We estimate roughly 608 thousand people bear Mathias (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Mathias have the most bearers?

Mathias is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled matthias.

How common is Mathias compared with other names?

In Germany, Mathias is the 18th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Mathias a male or female name?

Mathias 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.

What does the name Mathias mean?

Recorded meaning: a late surname formation from the Biblical personal name Mathias (see Matthew).