Matitjahu

Matitjahu or Mattatjahu is a Hebrew male given name .

variants

Matitjahu (מתיתיהו)

• Arabic: Matthias (متياس)
• Greek: Matthias (Ματθίας), followed by the European variants with -ia-
• Hebrew short form: Matitja, Mattitja
• Syrian: Mattija (ܡܬܝܐ)

Mattatjahu (מתתיהו)

• Arabic: Matta (متى)
• Aramaic: Mattai (מתי)
• English spelling: Mattatyahu, Matatyahu
• Hebrew short form: Matatja, Mattatja
• Greek: Mattathias (Ματταθίας); Short form: Matthaios (Ματθαίος)
• Latin: Matthaeus , followed by the European variants
• Lithuanian: Matas
• Syrian: Mattai (ܡܬܝ)

Name bearer

• Mattatias (around 161 BC), ancestor of the Hasmonean dynasty
• Mattatias Antigonos († 37 BC), last Jewish ruler of Judea, see Antigonos of the Hasmoneans
• Mattitja ben Solomon Delacrut (around 1545), Jewish translator and Kabbalist in Krakow
• Matityahu Shoham (1893-1937), Hebrew poet
• Mattityahu Peled (1923–1995), Israeli general and leftist politician

Legend

• Mattatias, a variant of the name for the Eternal Jew in folk tales