Details for the forename Matthias

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Matthias (male)


Variants:	Mattheus (M) Matthew (M)
Can be spelt:	Mathias (M)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	The New Testament Greek form of Matthew; NT Acts 1:23-16. The name is from Hebrew or Aramaic, "gift of God". See Matthew for a full list of language variants. Mattheus and Matthias are Latin forms of Matthew found in old documents with appropriate Latin case endings. Matthias does occur in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire, but very rarely.