Mathias

See also: Mathías

English

Proper noun

Mathias

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Mathias

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthias or Matthew

References

  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 976 males with the given name Mathias have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.tjas/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Proper noun

Mathias m

  1. a male given name, variant of Matthias

German

Proper noun

Mathias

  1. a male given name, variant of Matthias

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Mathias, a spelling variant of Matthias, from Latin Matthias, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattīṯyāhū, “gift of Yahweh”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Mathias, Swedish Mathias, Finnish Mathias and Greenlandic Mathias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹maˈtiː.as/, [mɑˈtìː.ɑ̌s]
  • Rhymes: -iːas
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧thi‧as

Proper noun

Mathias

  1. a male given name from Danish [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Matthias

Usage notes

  • The Norwegian name day for Mathias is 24 February, shared with Mattias and Mats.[1]
  • The name became especially popular in Norway around the beginning of the 21st century. The pronunciation group headed by Mathias was the most frequently given boys' name in 2003, 2004 and 2007.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • On 1 January 2026, 11,929 people registered in Norway had Mathias as their first given name: 11,922 men and 7 women.[2]
  • In 2025, 173 boys born in Norway were given the spelling Mathias. Together with Matias, the name group had 211 bearers among newborn boys and ranked 28th.[3]

References

  1. ^ “Mathias”, “Mattias”, and “Mats” at Nordic Names.
  2. ^ “Navn”, Statistics Norway; “Mathias” at Nordic Names.
  3. ^ “Navn”, updated 28 January 2026, Statistics Norway.
  • Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Mathias m

  1. a male given name; dated form of Matias

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Mathias c (genitive Mathias)

  1. a male given name, variant of Mattias
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