Mattis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAT-is
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Mattis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Mattis mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and Dutch form of Matthias
“gift of God”
Scandinavian and Dutch form of Matthias, the apostle chosen to replace Judas.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mattis a girl's or a boy's name?
Mattis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mattis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mattis, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mattis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Mattis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Mattis, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer boys named Mattis than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Mattis in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mattis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Mattis
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mattis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Elis, Albie, Ilyas, Eesa, Atlas, Ellis, Idris, Theo, Asher, Axel, Ezra
Names related to Mattis
Matthias, Mathias, Matias, Matas, Mattias, Mathis, Matisse, Matteus, Matthews, Mathius
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Mattis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mattis, updated 20 October 2026.