Mats

mats mâts mäts matš English Noun en noun form en Mat en There are three Mats in this department. Anagrams en amst tams amts TAMs Mast mast MTAs ATMs AMTs Stam mast- MAST ASTM stam Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et male, short for Mattias and Matteus Related terms et Madi Madis Maido Mait Mati Matis Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Usage notes m Matsson Matsdóttir Declension Mats Mats Matsi Mats Norwegian Bokmål Mats (given name) Alternative forms nb Mads Etymology nb non Mats m, a short form of non Mattis m, itself a Nordic form of nb la Matthias m, from nb grc Ματθίας Matthías m, ultimately from nb hbo מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattīṯyāhū gift of Yahweh m. In Norwegian, the name is usually traced through nb Mathias rather than nb Matteus.“Mats” in Store norske leksikon. Compare nn Mats, sv Mats, da Mats, fo Mats, fi Mats and et Mats male given name. Pronunciation nb /mats/ [mɑts] nb ats 1 nb Mats Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Old Norse < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Matt Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Mats is 24 February, shared with nb Mattias and nb Mattis. The name was most strongly used in Norway from 1985 to 1995.“Mats” at Nordic Names. Statistics As of 1 January 2026, 7,125 men registered in Norway had nb Mats as their first given name; 5,055 of them had it as their only given name. Additionally, 4 women had nb Mats as their only given name.“Navn”, updated 28 January 2026, Statistics Norway. References Anagrams nb amst mast samt Swedish Etymology Vernacular form of sv Mattias and sv Matteus. First recorded in Sweden in 1494 as Matz. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Mats.wav Proper noun c sv male Related terms (male given names) sv Mathias, sv Mattias, sv Matts (surnames) sv Matsson, sv Mattsson References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 65 156 males with the given name Mats living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Anagrams sv amst mast samt stam