Matthias
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Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθιας, in origin similar to Matthew
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Matthew (name)
Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...
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People with the given name Matthias
Notable people named Matthias include the following:In nobility:
- Matthias Corvinus of HungaryMatthias Corvinus of HungaryMatthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...
, King of Hungary - Matthias, Holy Roman EmperorMatthias, Holy Roman EmperorMatthias of Austria was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 and King of Bohemia from 1611...
, Emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)
In religion:
- Saint MatthiasSaint MatthiasMatthias , according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his suicide.-Biography:...
, Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot - Matthias of TrakaiMatthias of TrakaiMatthias of Trakai or of Vilnius was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic clergyman, the first Bishop of Samogitia from its establishment in 1417 until 1422 and the fifth Bishop of Vilnius from 4 May 1422 until 9 May 1453 and an ex-officio member of the Council of Lords.-Biography:Matthias graduated the...
, Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius - Matthias FlaciusMatthias FlaciusMatthias Flacius Illyricus was a Lutheran reformer.He was born in Carpano, a part of Albona in Istria, son of Andrea Vlacich alias Francovich and Jacobea Luciani, daughter of a wealthy and powerful Albonian family...
, Lutheran reformer - Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor)Robert Matthews (religious impostor)Robert Matthews was a United States religious impostor whose aliases included Robert Matthias, Jesus Matthias, Matthias the Prophet, and Joshua the Jewish Minister...
Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening
In the arts:
- Matthias GrünewaldMatthias GrünewaldMatthias Grünewald or "Mathis" , "Gothart" or "Neithardt" , , was a German Renaissance painter of religious works, who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the expressive and intense style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.Only ten paintings—several consisting...
, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance - Matthias LechnerMatthias LechnerMatthias Lechner is a motion picture set designer and art director. He worked as an art director and designer on the animated films Help! I'm a Fish and Space Chimps, as well as Laura's Star, among other films...
, German film art director
In music:
- Matthias JabsMatthias JabsMatthias Jabs is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is a member of the heavy metal band Scorpions. Before joining the Scorpions, Jabs had played for the bands Lady, Fargo and Deadlock....
, German guitarist and songwriter - Matthias WeckmannMatthias WeckmannMatthias Weckmann was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla and died in Hamburg.- Life :...
, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
Other:
- Matthias EphliasMatthias EphliasMatthias Ephlias was an ethnic Jew living in Jerusalem.The meaning of Matthias' epithet is obscure. His epithet could mean ‘Handsome’ from the Hebrew language or ‘son of Ephesus’ from the Greek language, as he was sometimes known as ‘Matthias of Ephesus’...
, paternal ancestor of the Roman Jewish Historian JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... - Matthias CurtusMatthias CurtusMatthias Curtus was an ethnic Jew living in Jerusalem.Matthias came from a wealthy family who descended from the priestly order of the Jehoiarib, which was the first of the twenty four-orders of Priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. He was the son of Matthias Ephlias and the daughter of the High...
, paternal great-grandfather of the Roman Jewish Historian JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... - MatthiasMatthias (father of Josephus)Matthias was an ethnic Jew living in Jerusalem.Matthias came from a wealthy family and through his father he descended from the priestly order of the Jehoiarib, which was the first of the twenty four-orders of Priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. He was the son born to Josephus and his wife, an...
, father of the Roman Jewish Historian JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... - MatthiasMatthias (brother of Josephus)Matthias was an ethnic Jew living in Jerusalem.Matthias came from a wealthy, aristocratic family and through his father he descended from the priestly order of the Jehoiarib, which was the first of the twenty four-orders of Priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. He was the first born son of Matthias...
, brother of the Roman Jewish Historian JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... - F. Matthias AlexanderF. Matthias AlexanderFrederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique – a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.-Early life:Alexander was born on a...
, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique - Matthias FelleisenMatthias FelleisenMatthias Felleisen is a computer science professor and an author of German background.Felleisen is currently a Trustee Professor in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. In the past he has taught at Rice University after receiving his...
, programming languages researcher - Matthias PlatzeckMatthias PlatzeckMatthias Platzeck is a German politician. He has been Minister-President of Brandenburg since 2002 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006.-Private life:...
, German politician - Matthias SammerMatthias SammerMatthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach - Matthias, a character in Brian Jacques' Redwall series
- Matthias Jakob SchleidenMatthias Jakob SchleidenMatthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow....
, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theoryCell theoryCell theory refers to the idea that cells are the basic unit of structure in every living thing. Development of this theory during the mid 17th century was made possible by advances in microscopy. This theory is one of the foundations of biology... - Matthias EttrichMatthias EttrichMatthias Ettrich is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to the KDE and LyX projects.- School :...
, founder of KDE and LyX - Matthias FringsMatthias FringsMatthias Frings is a German journalist, TV presenter and writer.-Life:Frings was born in Aachen and spent his childhood there. He pursued English studies, German studies and linguistics at RWTH Aachen University. In 1974, Frings was a founding member of the gay student group Aachener...
, German writer and journalist
Cognates
The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:- BelarusianBelarusian languageThe Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
: Мацей (Maciej) - CatalanCatalan languageCatalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
: Mateu - CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Matija - CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
: Matyáš - DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
: Mathias, Matthias - DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
: Matthias, Mathijs - EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: Matthias, Matthew, Matt - FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
: MatiasMatiasMatias Corporation is a computer accessories manufacturer, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The company was founded on 3 August 1990 by Edgar Matias, Steve McGowan, and James McGowan.- Half Keyboard :...
, Matti - FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: MathiasMathias-Places:* Mathias, West Virginia* Mathias Township, Michigan-People with the given name or surname Mathias:In sports:* Bob Mathias, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman...
, Matthias, Matthis - GaelicScottish Gaelic languageScottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
: Maitias - GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
: MathiasMathias-Places:* Mathias, West Virginia* Mathias Township, Michigan-People with the given name or surname Mathias:In sports:* Bob Mathias, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman...
, Matthias - HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
: MátyásMátyásMátyás is a Hungarian given name meaning Matthew or Matthias.Notable people with the given name Mátyás:* Mátyás Bél, Hungarian scientist* Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian communist politician... - IcelandicIcelandic languageIcelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
: MatthíasMatthiasMatthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθιας, in origin similar to Matthew.See also: -People with the given name Matthias:Notable people named Matthias include the following:In nobility:* Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary... - ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
: Mattia - LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
: Matthias - LatvianLatvian languageLatvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
: Matiass - LithuanianLithuanian languageLithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
: Motiejus, Matt - SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Matías - SlovakSlovak languageSlovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
: MatejMatejMatej is a given name that originates from Slovak and is one of the most common male names in both Slovakia and Slovenia, also often in Croatia. The name is originally derived from the disciple that replaced Judas. Foreign versions of the name include Matthew or Matthias in English, Mathias in... - PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
: MaciejMaciejMaciej is a Polish given name, equivalent to Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Maciej may refer to:* Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century... - PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: MatiasMatiasMatias Corporation is a computer accessories manufacturer, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The company was founded on 3 August 1990 by Edgar Matias, Steve McGowan, and James McGowan.- Half Keyboard :...
(current spelling), MathiasMathias-Places:* Mathias, West Virginia* Mathias Township, Michigan-People with the given name or surname Mathias:In sports:* Bob Mathias, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman...
(archaic spelling) - RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Матвей (Матфей) - SerbianSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
: Матија (Matiya) - SlovenianSlovenian languageSlovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
: Matija - SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
: MattiasMattiasMattias is a given name, the Swedish variant of the names Matthew and Matthias, and may refer to:In sports:* Mattias Bjärsmyr, Swedish football defender* Mattias Ekström, racing driver from Sweden* Mattias Eriksson, athlete from Sweden...
, MathiasMathias-Places:* Mathias, West Virginia* Mathias Township, Michigan-People with the given name or surname Mathias:In sports:* Bob Mathias, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman...
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