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Matias
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matias Matías
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from fi la Matthias, from fi grc-koi Ματθίας, from fi hbo מַתִּתְיָהוּ mattiṯyāhū gift of God.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi biblical character obsolete Matthias
fi male
Usage notes
This name, corresponding to fi Mattias in the modern Finnish Bible, has remained the most popular long form of the given name Matti in Finland.
Declension
Matia a
Related terms
fi Matteus, fi Matti, fi Mattias
Statistics
dvv_20250813 10145 54695 70 26
References
Anagrams
fi aaimst -maista amista maista matsia misata
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Mathias Mattias Matthias
Etymology
A variant spelling of nb Mathias, from nb la Matthias, from nb grc Ματθίας Matthías, ultimately from nb hbo מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattīṯyāhū gift of Yahweh.“Matias” at Nordic Names.
Compare da Matias, fi Matias and sv Matias.
Pronunciation
nb /¹maˈtiː.as/ [mɑˈtìː.ɑ̌s]
nb iːas 3
nb Ma ti as
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Matthias
Usage notes
In Norway, the name was especially used during the early 20th century and from the 1990s onward.
Statistics
Nordic Names, citing Statistics Norway, gives an approximate count of 1,421 men in Norway with nb Matias as their main first name.
References
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Matthias Mattias Mathias
Etymology
pt la Matthiās, from pt grc Ματθίας, earlier grc Ματταθίας, from pt he מַתִּתְיָהוּ Matityáhu.
Pronunciation
pt Ma ti as
Proper noun
m +
pt male Matthias
pt biblical character Matthias the Apostle who replaced Judas