Matthias

Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.

People

Notable people named Matthias include the following:

In religion:

Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
Matthias of Trakai (c. 1370–1453), Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius
Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer
Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening
Matthias F. Cowley, Latter-day Saint apostle

In the arts:

Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet
Matthias Lechner, German film art director
Matthias Paul (actor), German actor
Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor

In nobility:

Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)

In music:

Matthias Bamert (born 1942), Swiss composer
Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
Matthias Menck, German audio engineer, electronic music producer and DJ
Matthias Paul (DJ), German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer known by his stage name Paul van Dyk
Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period

Other:

Matthias Abele (1618–1677), jurist
Matthias Adamczewski (born 1958), German sailor
Matthias Ahrens (born 1961), German mountain guide
Matthias Albinus (fl. 1570s), Polish Calvinist minister
F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
Matthias Alleyn (died 1642), 17th-century London gentleman and College Master
Matthias Almer (born 1994), Austrian badminton player
Matthias Arnold (born 1997), Austrian footballer
Matthias Aschenbrenner (born 1972), American mathematician
Matthias Askew (born 1982), American football player
Matthias Attwood (1779–1851), British politician
Matthias Aulike (1807-1865), civil servant
Matthias Bachinger (born 1987), German tennis player
Matthias Bader (born 1997), German footballer
Matthias Baranowski (born 1967), German footballer
Matthias Barr (1831-1911), Scottish poet
Matthias Bartgis (1759-1825), German-American business person
Matthias Bartke (born 1959), German politician
Matthias Baumann (born 1963), Olympic athlete
Matthias Berger (born 1968), German politician
Matthias Bieber (born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
Matthias Biedermann (born 1983), German skeleton racer
Matthias Billen (1910-1989), German footballer
Matthias Birkwald (born 1961), German politician
Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and founder of KDE and LyX
Matthias Fekl (born 1977), French politician
Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist
Matthias Ginter, German football player
Matthias Goossen, Canadian football player
Matthias Kreck, German mathematician
Matthias Pfleiderer (born 1995), German gymnast
Matthias Pfenninger, Swiss artist
Matthias Platzeck, German politician
Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
Matthias Schuldt (born 2000), German gymnast
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory

Fictional characters:

Matthias, central figure in Brian Jacques's Redwall series
Matthias Helvar, character in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone played by Calohan Skogman

Buildings

Matthias Church in Budapest

Cognates

The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:

Afrikaans: Matthys
Amharic: ማትያስ (Mathias)
Assyrian Aramaic/Syriac: ܡܲܬܿܝܵܐ (Mattiya)
Belarusian: Мацей (Maciej)
Catalan: Mateu
Czech: Matyáš, Matěj
Danish: Mattias, Matthias, Matias, Mads
Dutch: Matthias, Mathijs, Matthijs
English: Matthias
Estonian: Mattias
Finnish: Matias, Matti
French: Mathias, Matthias, Matthis
Gaelic: Maitias
Georgian: Mate (მათე)
German: Mathias, Matthias
Hungarian: Mátyás
Icelandic: Matthías
Indonesian: Matthias, Matias
Italian: Mattia
Latin: Matthias
Latvian: Matiass, Matejs, Matīss
Lithuanian: Motiejus
Norwegian: Mattias, Matthias, Mats
Polish: Maciej
Portuguese: Matias (current spelling), Mathias (archaic spelling)
Romanian: Matia
Russian: Матфий (do not confuse with Матфей (Матвей))
Serbo-Croatian: Matija (Матија), Matej (Матеј), Mate (Мате)
Slovak: Matej
Slovenian: Matija, Matej, Matjaž
Spanish: Matías
Swedish: Mattias, Mathias, Mattis, Mats
Turkish: Mattias, Mattiya
Welsh: Mathew, Matheus

People

Buildings

Cognates

See also