Mattias
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Matthiās, from Koine Greek Ματθίας (Matthías) &c., from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyāhū), from מַתָּנַת (“gift, reward”) + יהוה (“YHWH, God”). Doublet of Matthijs and Matteüs. Compare French Matthieu and Matthias.
Proper noun edit
Mattias m
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Matthias, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyā́hū).
Proper noun edit
Mattias
- (biblical) Matthias.
- a male given name from Hebrew
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Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Mattias m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Patronymics
- son of Mattias: Mattiasarson or Mattiasson
- daughter of Mattias: Mattiasardóttir or Mattiasdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Mattias |
Accusative | Mattias |
Dative | Mattiasi |
Genitive | Mattiasar, Mattias |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin Matthias.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mattias
- (biblical) Matthias.
- a male given name, rare in this form
Declension edit
Inflection of Mattias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mattias | Mattiakset | ||
genitive | Mattiaksen | Mattiasten Mattiaksien | ||
partitive | Mattiasta | Mattiaksia | ||
illative | Mattiakseen | Mattiaksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mattias | Mattiakset | ||
accusative | nom. | Mattias | Mattiakset | |
gen. | Mattiaksen | |||
genitive | Mattiaksen | Mattiasten Mattiaksien | ||
partitive | Mattiasta | Mattiaksia | ||
inessive | Mattiaksessa | Mattiaksissa | ||
elative | Mattiaksesta | Mattiaksista | ||
illative | Mattiakseen | Mattiaksiin | ||
adessive | Mattiaksella | Mattiaksilla | ||
ablative | Mattiakselta | Mattiaksilta | ||
allative | Mattiakselle | Mattiaksille | ||
essive | Mattiaksena | Mattiaksina | ||
translative | Mattiakseksi | Mattiaksiksi | ||
abessive | Mattiaksetta | Mattiaksitta | ||
instructive | — | Mattiaksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Mattias is the 507th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 394 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,843 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Mattias
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Mattias m
- a male given name, variant of Matias
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Matthias. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1247.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mattias c (genitive Mattias)
- (biblical) Matthias.
- a male given name
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References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 47 965 males with the given name Mattias (compared to 13 703 named Mathias) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.