Matias

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Matthias in FR France, SE Sweden, CH Switzerland and 1 more and Matías in SV El Salvador.

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 7 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◐

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

• Finnish given name333K records spelled Matias4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Matías, Matiaš

• Catalan given name24K records spelled Matias2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Andorra

  Also written Matías

• Lao given name17K records spelled Matias11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, Thailand, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Matías, Mátíás, Matìas, Matia'S, Matiás

• a separate given name12K records spelled Matias6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ecuador, Spain

  Also written Matías, Matiás, Matìas, Matiáš, Matiaš

• Hindi given name6.5K records spelled Matias9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Spain, United States, Finland

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Matías, Mátíás, Matìas, Màtìàs, Matiaš

• Indonesian given name5.8K records spelled Matias6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Matías, Mätîäs, Matïas, Matìas

65 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●

Matias 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 Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias

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

• In Finnish, Matthias

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

• from the personal name (see Matthew).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, männl. Vom., finnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latin, accusative plural of matia

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Matthias Grünewaldb. 1480DEnot in their usual nameGerman Renaissance painter (c.1480–1528)
• Matthias, Holy Roman Emperorb. 1557ATnot in their usual nameHoly Roman Emperor (1557-1619)
• Theodor Mommsenb. 1817DEnot in their usual nameGerman classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
• Matthias Sindelarb. 1903ATnot in their usual nameAustrian association football player (1903-1939)
• Matthias Habichb. 1940DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor
• Matthias Sammerb. 1967DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player, coach and executive (born 1967)
• Matthias Schoenaertsb. 1977BEnot in their usual nameBelgian actor
• Kimi Räikkönenb. 1979FInot in their usual nameFinnish racing driver
• Matthias Ginterb. 1994DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1994)
• Gonçalo Ramosb. 2001PTnot in their usual namePortuguese footballer (born 2001)

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 · 1,313 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Matias?

We estimate roughly 175 thousand people bear Matias (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Matias have the most bearers?

Matias is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled matias.

Where is Matias most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Matias is densest in Finland — about 1 in 86 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Matias compared with other names?

In Argentina, Matias is the 30th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Matias a male or female name?

Matias 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 Matias mean?

Recorded meaning: Americanized form of Czech Mat’as (from Czech Matej), or of some other Slavic form of the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).