Meaning & History
Hebrew form of Nethaniah.
Related Names
VariantsMattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos (Armenian) Matia (Basque) Mattaniah, Matthew, Mattithiah, Nethaniah, Mattathias, Matthias (Biblical) Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthias (Biblical Greek) Mattheus, Matthias (Biblical Latin) Mazhe, Mahé (Breton) Matey (Bulgarian) Mateu (Catalan) Matej, Mateo, Mate, Matija, Matko, Mato (Croatian) Matouš, Matěj (Czech) Mathias (Danish) Mathijs, Matthias, Matthijs (Dutch) Matthew, Mat, Mathew, Matt, Mattie, Matty (English) Mati, Mattias (Estonian) Matti, Matias (Finnish) Maé, Mahé, Matéo, Mathéo, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthieu, Mathias, Mathis, Mathys, Matis, Matthias (French) Mate (Georgian) Mathias, Mathis, Matthäus, Matthias, Mattis (German) Matthaios, Mattheos (Greek) Makaio (Hawaiian) Matityahu (Hebrew) Máté, Mátyás (Hungarian) Matthías (Icelandic) Maitiú (Irish) Matteo, Mattia (Italian) Matīss, Matvejs (Latvian) Matas, Motiejus (Lithuanian) Matej (Macedonian) Matheo, Matteus, Mathias, Mattis (Norwegian) Mateusz, Maciej (Polish) Mateus, Matias (Portuguese) Matheus (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Matei (Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey, Motya (Russian) Mateja, Matija (Serbian) Matúš, Matej (Slovak) Matej, Matevž, Matic, Matija, Matjaž, Tevž (Slovene) Mateo, Matías (Spanish) Matheo, Matteus, Mathias, Mattias, Mattis (Swedish) Matvii, Matviy (Ukrainian)
People think this name is
classic mature upper class devious strong strange complex serious
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5418, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5418.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026