Matthias

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Matthias ( Greek Ματθίας Matthias , Hebrew name מתיתיהו Matityahu, Mattithiah , Latin Matthias ) is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

Matthias is a short form of the name Mattatias , the Greek form of the Hebrew name Mattitjahu (מתתיהו).

Mattitjahu means “given by YHWH ”, which is often modified in modern times into “God's gift”. The name form Matthew is derived from the same Hebrew name. However, the distinction between Matthias and Matthew does not exist in every language. Thus Matthias and Matthew are in, for example, the English often uniform with Matthew translated.

Juxtaposition

English, French and Polish also know and clearly distinguish the shape from one another. The distinction is not so easy, however, as the ending (e.g. ~ ias or ~ æus ) is often missing and the phonetic impression can easily merge. In English in particular, in addition to the most common form of fusion, Matthew, there are also numerous individually adapted forms, both as first name and surname, and also short forms (mostly Matt ) that have been integrated from other European languages ​​(see Wikipedia). In Hebrew, the spellings of the signs necessary for the distinction only differ by a comma or, depending on the reading, have an additional syllable of the form thi-a with them.

language Form 1 ( ~ ia ~ ) Form 2 ( ~ æu ~ )
Arabic متياس (Matthias) متى (Matta)
Aramaic
Syriac 		מתי (Mattay, Matay)
ܡܬܝܐ (Mattiya, Matiya)		 מתי (Mattay, Matay)
ܡܬܝ (Mattay, Matay)
German Matthias Matthew
English Matthias Matthew
French Matthias, Mathis Matthieu
Greek Ματθίας (Matthías) Ματθαίος (Matthaíos)
Hebrew מתיתיהו
(Matityahu, Mattithiah)		 מתתיהו
(Mattatyahu, Mattathiah)
Italian Mattia Matteo
Latin Matthias Matthaeus, Matthæus
Latvian Matīss, Matiass Matejs
Polish Maciej Mateusz
Portuguese Matias Mateus
Romanian Matia Matei
Russian Матфия (Matfia) Матфей, ​​Матвей (Matfej, Matvej)
Swedish Mattias Matteus
Spanish Matías Mateo
Czech Matyáš, Matěj Matouš
Hungarian Mátyás Máté

distribution

Before the 1940s , the name Matthias was hardly common in Germany. Its popularity increased from the late forties. In the sixties , seventies, and early eighties of the 20th century, the name was often among the ten most given boy names of that year. From the beginning of the nineties , its popularity fell sharply.

Name days

Catholic

evangelical memorial day

Other

variants

German

Short forms

  • Matt, Mats , Matts , Matz, Mätharl, Mait
  • Mattes, Mathes
  • Mattätz, Mäde, Matse, Mattse
  • Matze, Matzi, Matti, Matthi, Maeti, Maetiges, Mätti
  • Mades, Mäthe, Maathe, Matjes, Maate (Carinthia)
  • Hias, Hiasi, Heis, Hiasl, Huis
  • Moartl, Hiasei, Hiesl (Salzburg)
  • Tisu, This, Thies , Thes, Tisi, Tissi, Ti, Thias, Theiß , Theis , Thees

Low German

Tewes , Tews (= Matthew ); Täis

Dutch

Matijs, Mathijs, Mattijs, Matthijs, Mattheus ; Thijs

Danish

Matthies , Mathies , Mads , Madz, Madts

Slavic

International

Patronymic derivatives

The following forms are patronymic surnames with the meaning son of Matthias :

On -s (en) form forms in northern Germany and neighboring areas, primarily on the short forms Tis / Teis / Tees, more rarely on the full name

Name bearer

See also Matheis , Mathes , Mathias , Mathies , Mathis , Mathys , Matt , Matteis , Mattes , Mattheis , Matthes , Matthies , Matthis , Matti , Mattis and foreign language variants.

Ruler

  • Matthias (Dammartin) (* before 1209; † 1272), Count of Dammartin
  • Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), King of Hungary (1458–1490) and Bohemia (1469–1490)
  • Matthias (1557–1619), King of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia (1608–1619) and Bohemia (1611–1619), Holy Roman Emperor (1612–1619)

Saints / clergy / theologians

Authors

Artist / musician

Politician

Actors / filmmakers

athlete

Scientists / academics

Others

Form Mathias

Form Mattias

also from

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"
  2. ↑ Name days ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.erzdioezese-wien.at

Web links

Wiktionary: Matthias  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations