Matis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAT-is
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Matis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Matis mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mattis; Scandinavian and Dutch form of Matthias
“gift of God”
Scandinavian and Dutch form of Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas.
Meaning borrowed from Mattis. More on Wiktionary.
Is Matis a girl's or a boy's name?
Matis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matis in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 boys.
Matis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Matis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Matis, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Matis in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Nicknames for Matis
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Matis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Eesa, Zayan, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Ayyub, Zakariya, Hamza, Rayyan, Ilyas, Arham
Names related to Matis
Mathias, Matias, Matas, Mattias, Mateus, Matyas, Mathis, Matisse, Mattis, Mathius
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Matis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matis, updated 20 October 2026.