Spanish · Hebrew

Matías

Pronounced mah-TEE-ahsShare

Meaning: Gift of God, through Matthias

  • Boy
  • Familiar
  • 3 syllables

The story

The Spanish form of Matthias uses an acute accent. Finnish and Portuguese Matias share the unaccented spelling; the biblical root is related, while local pronunciation differs.

Nicknames

  • Mati
  • Matu

Spellings & variants

Popularity

Familiar

In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.

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Style

Origins

Matías comes from Spanish and Hebrew.

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