Matija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Matthias, from Hebrew מתיתיהו (Matityahu, “gift of Yahweh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎtija/

Proper noun

Màtija m anim or f anim by sense (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀тија)

1. a male given name
2. a female given name

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), 2018–2025