Mathias
A Hebrew name meaning "gift of god", used in Poland in its German and Scandinavian spelling. Fewer than 400 men carry it here, and recent years brought no newborns at all: most Poles have never met one.
Mathias Pronunciation
What Mathias means
Where Mathias comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mathias reaches back to the Hebrew Mattityahu, a name built from a word for gift and a name for God. Its short meaning has held steady: gift of God, or in Polish dar boga.
The apostle Matthias, chosen by lot to fill the place left by Judas among the twelve, gave the name its Christian footing. From German-speaking lands the spelling Mathias moved north into Scandinavian records and west into French ones, where it sits close to Mathieu. Each of those cultures took the same Hebrew root and made it local.
Say it now and the German shape stays audible. Read from a Polish class register, a Mathias stands out only a little. The root did not change. It points back to Mattityahu and to dar boga.
How many people are named Mathias
1 in 57537 men in Poland is named Mathias. 371 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1545 among male names.
Mathias's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Mathias as a middle name
Mathias is a first name for 371 men in Poland and a middle name for another 125, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 622nd, between Cornelis (125) and Nicolás (125).
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#620 Deniz126
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#621 Cornelis125
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#622 Mathias125
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#623 Nicolás125
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#624 Ram125