Matias

Matias is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Finnish form of Matthias, itself a Greek rendering of the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning "gift of God." It belonged to the apostle chosen to replace Judas, and it has traveled the Catholic world in all its vowels. In the U.S., Matias began its rise in the 2000s alongside Mateo and Matteo, and now sits comfortably in the top 160s. The long Spanish i gives it a bright, almost musical lift, and the three-syllable gait carries well into adulthood. Handsome, international, softly scholarly. It says home in more than one language.