Mats
Mats is a male given name from Sweden .
Origin and meaning
Mats is a form of Matthias and, although it is an independent name (see Max and Maximilian ), is used as its short form, especially in Sweden. Matthew is the original form of the name. Another Swedish form of the name is Matts . The Danish form of the name, also found in Norway, is Mads .
variants
- See under Matthias
Name bearer
- Mats Aronsson (* 1951), Swedish football player and official
- Mats Ericson (* 1964), Swedish ski racer
- Mats Gren (* 1963), Swedish football player and coach
- Mats Hummels (* 1988), German soccer player
- Mats Jingblad (* 1958), Swedish football player and coach
- Mats Köhlert (* 1998), German soccer player and actor
- Mats Malm (* 1964), Swedish literary scholar, author and translator
- Mats Näslund (* 1959), Swedish ice hockey player
- Mats Rits (* 1993), Belgian football player
- Mats Rohdin (* 1959), Swedish football player and (later) film scholar
- Mats Schjetne (* 1991), Norwegian pool player
- Mats Söderlund (musician) (* 1967), Swedish musician
- Mats Sundin (* 1971), Swedish ice hockey player
- Mats Trygg (* 1976), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Mats Wahl (* 1945), Swedish writer
- Mats Waltin (* 1953), Swedish ice hockey player, coach and official
- Mats Wilander (* 1964), Swedish tennis player