Mathijs

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mɑtɛjs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mathijs is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands
  • BEBelgium
  • DEGermany

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

14001600180020002200Matthijs Bril the Younger, b. 1550Mathijs Wulfraet, b. 1648Thijs van der Hulst, b. 1948Mathijs Lamberigts, b. 1955Mathijs Bouman, b. 1966Mathijs Scheepers, b. 1975Mathijs Paasschens, b. 1996Mathijs Tielemans, b. 2002Mathijs Menu, b. 2005

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Mathijs,Hi Mathijs, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Mathijs
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—16K#152
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—8.3K#464
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—392#2,384
NL NetherlandsSVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered)201644#351
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—36#8,777
NL NetherlandsSVB Kindernamen — annual newborn name frequency (Wayback-recovered)201732#479
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—30#15,794
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—28#19,922
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#25,073
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—13#5,726
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—10#9,473
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202610#10,717

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Mathijs?
A machine transcription gives /mɑtɛjs/ (IPA) for Dutch.
Is Mathijs a male or female name?
Mathijs is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Mathijs?
In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Matias are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Mathijs have the most bearers?
Mathijs is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mathijs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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