Meaning of the nameMatias

Matias is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, which came through Greek and Latin from Matityáhu, 'gift of God'.

Meaning

“gift of God”

People (2022): 22,897
Rank in Brazil: #978
Median age: 16 years
2010 Census: 15,425; people

Matias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Matias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (5,434 people).

212 women 22,685 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Matias is most common

States with the highest share of people named Matias in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Roraima 0.028%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.021%
Piauí 0.020%
Maranhão 0.019%
Bahia 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,628	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,313	0.021%
Bahia	2,295	0.016%
Minas Gerais	1,698	0.008%
Maranhão	1,268	0.019%
Pará	1,206	0.015%
Santa Catarina	1,199	0.016%
Rio de Janeiro	1,138	0.007%
Paraná	1,123	0.010%
Ceará	950	0.011%
Pernambuco	897	0.010%
Piauí	650	0.020%
Goiás	627	0.009%
Amazonas	504	0.013%
Espírito Santo	445	0.012%
Mato Grosso	421	0.012%
Paraíba	376	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	312	0.009%
Distrito Federal	303	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	298	0.011%
Sergipe	242	0.011%
Alagoas	240	0.008%
Tocantins	221	0.015%
Roraima	178	0.028%
Rondônia	155	0.010%
Acre	112	0.014%
Amapá	98	0.013%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Matias

According to Wiktionary, Matias comes from the Latin Matthiās, from the Greek Ματθίας, earlier Ματταθίας, and from the Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Matityáhu). Wiktionary explains the Hebrew name as a contraction of 'gift of' and the name of God, and Behind the Name treats the Greek Matthias as a variant of Matthaios, the Portuguese Mateus. Matias is also the name of the apostle who replaced Judas in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,897 people named Matias, with a median age of 16. Proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima.

It is the most common spelling in the group and the Portuguese form without H that Wiktionary gives as the main one.

Other spellings of Matias

Spelling	People (2022)
Matias	22,897
Mathias	13,376

Sources

Wiktionary: Matias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: מתתיהו · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Matthias · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Mathias · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Matias

What does the name Matias mean?

Matias means “gift of God”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Matias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 22,897 people with the first name Matias, which ranks it number 978 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Matias a boy's or a girl's name?

Matias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 212 women and 22,685 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Matias?

Matias is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Matias most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.028% of the state's population is named Matias (178 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Matias?

Mathias. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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