Matias

Matias is the Scandinavian version of Matthew (name). In Spanish it is written accented as Matías. In German-speaking Europe it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matias was the same day by the Finnish-Swedish name day calendar until 1989, when it was replaced by Mattias forms and Mats. In Finland, by the end of 2009 the name has been given to about 73,160 people. In the form of Mattias to 3,683 people, in the form of Matthias to little more than 440, and in the form of Mathias a little less than 3,000.

People

Personal name

  • Matias Faldbakken, Norwegian artist and writer
  • Matias Halvorsen Ve, Norwegian member of Parliament
  • Matias Matiasson Kleppen, Norwegian member of Parliament
  • Matias Myttynen, Finnish professional ice hockey player
  • Kimi Räikkönen (Kimi-Matias Räikkönen), Finnish racing driver
  • Matias Skard, Norwegian philologist, educator, psalmist, essayist and translator
  • Matias Strandvall, Finnish cross country skier of Swedish ancestry
  • Matias Tuomi (born 1985), Finnish squash player

Surname

See also

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