Matthias

“Variant of Matthew — Gift of the Lord” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #372 in the US (2025) · Trending

Matthias is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #372 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 14,000 boys have been named Matthias along the way. Matt is a short form of Matthias. Together with its spelling variant Mathias (#312), Matthias would rank around #188 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 56/44 between Mathias and Matthias.

Around the world: #31 in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Matthiases

Matthias Corvinus — King of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Austria (1443-1490)
Matthias Jacob Schleiden — German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881)
Matthias Ginter — German association football player (born 1994)
Matthias Sammer — German association football player, coach and executive (born 1967)
Matthias Grünewald — German Renaissance painter (c.1480–1528)

In stories & tradition

Matthias the Apostle — human biblical figure
Matthias Brandner — Verbotene Liebe
Matthias Helvar — Six of Crows · Crooked Kingdom

What Matthiases become

Among 6,625 notable people named Matthias:

Medical professionals appear 3.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (1538-1616).

Similar names: Mathias · Samson · Makai · Kohen · Sylas · Josias

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