Matthias is derived via Greek Mattathias from the Hebrew Mattityahu meaning ‘gift of Yahweh’. It is common in Germany, the Netherlands, and France, for example. The English form of this name is Matthew.
Matthias is a male first name.
The name Matthias isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Matthias ranks 461. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 3 were named Matthias. In the entire USA, approximately 8,471 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Matthias. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
Matthias is derived via Greek Mattathias from the Hebrew Mattityahu meaning ‘gift of Yahweh’. It is common in Germany, the Netherlands, and France, for example. The English form of this name is Matthew.
Matthias rose ... somewhat in popularity since 2000, but remains a rare name in the U.S..
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.
With eight letters, the name Matthias is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.
If your name is Matthias and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Matthias, you can simply say:
Mouse
Apple
Tiger
Tiger
Hat
Igloo
Apple
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Matthias
Matthias
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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A
T
T
H
I
A
S
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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A
T
T
H
I
A
S
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Matthias sounds like this:
