Matija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from Latin Matthias, from Koine Greek Ματθίας (Matthías), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattiṯyā́hū, gift of Yahweh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎtija/

Proper noun

Màtija m anim or f anim by sense (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀тија)

  1. a unisex given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Matthias or Matthew

Declension

Further reading

  • Matija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026