Matias

Where Matias comes from

Matias hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,205 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Matias Varela born
    Swedish actor
  3. 2005
    Matias Fernandez-Pardo born
    Belgian footballer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #159
    2,265 babies named Matias — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Matias Fernandez-Pardo · Belgian footballer, born 2005
  • Matias Varela · Swedish actor, born 1980
  • Matias Corujo · Uruguayan footballer, born 1986
  • Matias Caseras · Uruguayan association football player, born 1992
  • Matias Lassen · Danish ice hockey player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.