Matti

matti mátti mätti Finnish Etymology Vernacular form of fi Matias and/or fi Matteus (both of the same origin), brought to Finland as Catholic saint's names. Already attested as a Finnish given name in medieval records. Cognate with en Matt, en Matthew. Pronunciation fi Proper noun fi male Biblical Hebrew fi 1840 Kanteletar:1:59 Huoliansa haasteleva Tahi jos virkan vierahalle,mainitsen kylän Matille,vieras sen viieksi panevi,kylän Matti kymmeneksi. - 1876 Zachris Topelius, Maamme kirja, Chapter 71: Matti (translated from Swedish Boken om vårt land 1875): fi Eräällä isännällä oli kolme palvelijata. Iivana oli Wenäläinen, Eerikki oli Ruotsalainen ja Matti oli Suomalainen. A farmer had three servants. Ivan was Russian, Erik was Swedish and Matti was Finnish. fi 2018 w:fi:Pauliina Rauhala Synninkantajat Gummerus 978-951-24-0863-4 31 Matti on maailman tavallisimman ja kunnollisimman miehen nimi. Sellaiseksi minäkin aion kasvaa, samanlaiseksi kuin isä, vaikka oma nimeni on vähän liian erikoinen. Matti was a name for the world's most ordinary and proper man. That's how I too want to grow up to be, like my father, even if my own name is a little too unusual. M Usage notes The typical name for a Finnish male in stories and proverbs. Matti has been one of the most popular names in Finland since the Middle Ages, for reasons not quite clear. For example, it was the most common first name of men born in Finland in 1937–1949. Declension Ma tt t a Derived terms fi Matikainen Matikka Matiskainen Matti Meikäläinen Mattila Mattinen fi compounds Juha-Matti Matinaho Matinkylä Matinlassi Matinlauri Matinlompolo Matintalo mattimeikäläinen mattimyöhäinen nukkumatti taskumatti Veli-Matti Related terms given names fi Matias, fi Matteus, fi Mattias pet form fi Masa surnames fi Matikainen, fi Matilainen, fi Mattila, fi Mattinen Statistics dvv_20250813 37674 36751 3 7 References Anagrams fi aimtt matit mitat mitta Latin Pronunciation mattī Proper noun la proper noun form Mattī n la Mattium gen