Matias
Hebrew at root, from the same source as Matthew: "gift of God". It stays firmly in the boys' column and rare enough that most Poles have never met one, though the last year did bring a few new arrivals.
Matias Pronunciation
Matias is pronounced MAHT-yahs (/ˈmatjas/).
What Matias means
Where Matias comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Matias traces back to Hebrew Mattityahu, "gift of Yahweh," a name built from two elements meaning the giving and the divine name. In English that reads as "gift of god." The form spread through Greek as Matthias and then north, where Scandinavia and Finland took it as Matias.
The Scandinavian connection matters here. In Norway, Finland, and Sweden, Matias sits comfortably on birth registers, a northern cousin of the biblical Matthias who was chosen to replace Judas among the apostles. The short central spelling marks it as the Nordic form.
For a Polish family, Matias arrives with a double signal: Hebrew root, Scandinavian dress. On a school register in Kraków it stands slightly apart from Mateusz, the older Polish form of the same source. Same origin, different road.
The meaning holds across all of them. From the Hebrew root to the Nordic spelling, it reads the same: gift of god, dar boga.
How many people are named Matias
1 in 63911 men in Poland is named Matias. 334 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1651 among male names.
Matias's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1297 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Matias as a middle name
Matias is a first name for 334 men in Poland and a middle name for another 135, a 71/29 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 605th, between Julien (136) and Gniewosz (134).
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#603 Juan136
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#604 Julien136
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#605 Matias135
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#606 Gniewosz134
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#607 Gustav134