Matias
A surname taken from the given name Matias, the familiar form of Matthew/Mattias meaning “gift of God.”
The #3,091 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 26,536 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Matias is a surname formed from the given name Matias, a Romance-language form of Matthew/Mattias. That personal name goes back to Greek Matthaios, from Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning “gift of God.” In surname use, it usually began as a patronymic label, identifying someone as the son or descendant of a man named Matias.
History
The surname is most common in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities, where Matias has long been used as a personal name. It also appears in other parts of Europe and the Americas through migration and the spread of Christian biblical names. In some cases, the same spelling functions directly as a surname without any obvious prefix or suffix, simply reflecting the bearer’s ancestral given name.
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Fun fact
Because it comes from a biblical name, Matias has parallel surname forms across many languages, all ultimately tied to the same meaning: “gift of God.”