Boy · Hebrew, through Greek
Mattia
Say it: mat-TEE-ah
Meaning
From Matthias, the Greek form of Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 378 babies given this name since 1976
- At its height in 2005, about 1 in 133,100 boys
- 17 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Matthias |
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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