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

    Declension of Matija

	singular	plural
nominative	Matija	Matije
genitive	Matije	Matija
dative	Matiji	Matijama
accusative	Matiju	Matije
vocative	Matijo	Matije
locative	Matiji	Matijama
instrumental	Matijom	Matijama

Related terms

• Màtej

Further reading

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