Matias is a form of the given name Matthew. In

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it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias,

Mattias Mattias is a masculine given name found most prominently in Northern Europe. It is a cognate of Matthew and Matthias, and may refer to: Sports * Mattias Adelstam (born 1982), Swedish footballer * Mattias Asper (born 1974), Swedish goalkeepe ...

, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matias was the same day by the Finnish-Swedish name day calendar until 1989, when it was replaced by Mattias forms and Mats. In Finland, by the end of 2009 the name has been given to about 73,160 people. In the form of Mattias to 3,683 people, in the form of Matthias to little more than 440, and in the form of Mathias a little less than 3,000.

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Matias Aguayo Matias Aguayo (born 1973 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean-German techno producer and DJ. Aguayo grew up in Gummersbach Gummersbach (; ksh, Jummersbach) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the ...

(born 1973), German-Chilean record producer * Matias Aires (1705-1763), Portuguese philosopher * Matias Albarracin (born 1979), Argentine Olympic athlete * Matias de Arteaga (1633-1704), Spanish painter *

Matias Brain Matias "Mati" Brain Peña (born January 15, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean triathlete. Nicknamed "Mati", Brain competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII ...

(born 1974), Chilean Olympic athlete * Matias del Campo, Chilean-Austrian architect * Matias Caseras (born 1992), Uruguayan football player * Matias Gabriel Ceballos (born 1984), Argentinean footballer * Matias Collins (born 1970), American sailor *

Matias Concha Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha (born 31 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He started off his career with Malmö FF in 2000 and then represented Djurgårdens IF and VfL Bochum before returning to Ma ...

(born 1980), Swedish footballer *

Matias Damásio Matias Damásio (born 9 May 1982) is an Angolan musician, singer and songwriter in popular music, romantic music and in Kizomba. He also enjoys great popularity in Portugal through his albums ''Por amor'' that reached number 4 in Portuguese Album ...

(born 1982), Angolan musician * Matias Defensor Jr. (born 1943), Filipino politician * Matias Faldbakken (born 1973), Norwegian artist * Matias Ferreira (born 1997), Portuguese footballer * Matias Haaranen (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey defenceman * Matias Habtemichael (born 1950), Ethiopian middle-distance runner * Matias Hänninen (born 1991), Finnish footballer * Matias Koski (born 1994), Finnish swimmer * Matias Köykkä (born 1994), Finnish racing driver * Matias Kupiainen (born 1983), Finnish guitarist * Matias Laine (born 1990), Finnish racing driver * Matias Lassen (born 1996), Danish ice hockey defenceman * Matias Loppi (born 1980), Finnish ice hockey forward * Matias Mäkynen (born 1990), Finnish politician * Matias Malmberg (born 2000), Danish track cyclist * Matias Mantilla (born 1981), Argentine footballer * Matias Marttinen (born 1990), Finnish politician * Matias Masucci, Italian writer * Matias Montinho (born 1990), Angolan sailor * Matias Møvik (born 1991), Norwegian footballer *

Matias Myttynen Matias Myttynen (born 12 March 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Myttynen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ilves during the 2009–10 SM-liiga se ...

(born 1990), Finnish ice hockey forward * Matias Niuta (born 2001), Finnish footballer * Matias Ojala (born 1995), Finnish footballer *

Matias Paterlini Matías Paterlini (born 31 December 1977) is an Argentine cricketer who plays as an opening batsman. Paterlini has represented his national team since the mid 1990s. Growing up he has played cricket in his home country Argentina, as well as ove ...

(born 1977), Argentine cricketer * Matias Perez (died 1856), Portuguese-Cuban resident * Matias Pulli (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey defenceman *

Matias Putkonen Matias Putkonen (4 March 1822, in Kerimäki – 26 February 1868, in Tuusula) was a Finnish Lutheran priest and politician. He studied theology at the University of Helsinki and was ordained a priest of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland i ...

(born 1822), Finnish Lutheran priest * Matias Ranillo Sr. (1898-1947), Filipino legislator * Matias Rueda (born 1988), Argentine boxer * Matias Shikondomboro, Namibian Lutheran pastor *

Matias Skard Matias Skard (28 May 1846 – 28 July 1927) was a Norwegian philologist, educator, psalmist, essayist and translator. Biography Matias Olsen Skard was born on a family farm at Øyer in Gudbrandsdal, Norway. He had planned to study theology but ...

(1846-1927), Norwegian translator * Matias Sointu (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey forward * Matias Spektor (born 1977), Argentine author * Matias Strandvall (born 1985), Finnish cross country skier * Matias Tellez (born 1989), Norwegian singer-songwriter * Matias Tuomi (born 1985), Finnish squash player *

Matias Varela Louis Matias Karl Padin Varela (born 23 June 1980) is a Swedish actor. Early life Varela was born and grew up in Södermalm on the south side of Stockholm. Both of his parents are from Galicia and he did not learn Swedish until he started s ...

(born 1980), Swedish actor * Matias Viazzo (born 1983), Argentine rugby union player * Matias Zaldarriaga (born 1971), Argentinean cosmologist * Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born 1979), Finnish racing driver

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* Manuel Matias (born 1962), Portuguese long-distance runner * Manuel Matias (born 1964), Portuguese footballer

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