Mathias

Where Mathias comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mathias.

Mathias through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1968
    Mathias Rust born
    German amateur aviator and activist
  3. 1990
    Mathias Jørgensen born
    Danish association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #312
    1,087 babies named Mathias, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Mathias Rust · German amateur aviator and activist, born 1968
  • Mathias Jørgensen · Danish association football player, born 1990
  • Mathias Jensen · Danish association football player, born 1996
  • Mathias Énard · French writer, translator, and university teacher, born 1972
  • Mathias Gidsel · Danish handball player, born 1999

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.