Mattias is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “YHWH, God.” In 2024 it was given to 183 boys in the United States.
Mattias belongs to the Portuguese and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “YHWH, God” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mattias first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1114 in 2021, and in 2024 183 babies received the name — 2,516 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mattias means “YHWH, God” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mattias is a boy name. In 2024, 183 babies received the name in the US.
Mattias comes from the Portuguese and Scandinavian tradition.
Mattias first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #1114 in 2021, and 183 babies were given the name in 2024.
Mattias is pronounced /¹maˈtiː.as/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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