Mats

See also: mats, mâts, mäts, and matš

English

Noun

Mats

1. plural of Mat

   There are three Mats in this department.

Anagrams

• tams, amts, TAMs, Mast, mast, MTAs, ATMs, AMTs, Stam, mast-, MAST, ASTM, stam

Estonian

Proper noun

Mats

1. a male given name, short for Mattias and Matteus

Related terms

• Madi
• Madis
• Maido
• Mait
• Mati
• Matis

Faroese

Proper noun

Mats m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• Mats's son: Matsson
• Mats's daughter: Matsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Mats
accusative	Mats
dative	Matsi
genitive	Mats

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Mads

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse Mats m, a short form of Mattis m, itself a Nordic form of Latin Matthias m, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας m (Matthías), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ m (Mattīṯyāhū, “gift of Yahweh”). In Norwegian, the name is usually traced through Mathias rather than Matteus.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Mats, Swedish Mats, Danish Mats, Faroese Mats, Finnish Mats and Estonian Mats (“male given name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mats/, [mɑts]
• Rhymes: -ats
• Hyphenation: Mats

Proper noun

Mats

1. a male given name from Old Norse [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Matt

Usage notes

• The Norwegian name day for Mats is 24 February, shared with Mattias and Mattis.
• The name was most strongly used in Norway from 1985 to 1995.

Statistics

• As of 1 January 2026, 7,125 men registered in Norway had Mats as their first given name; 5,055 of them had it as their only given name. Additionally, 4 women had Mats as their only given name.

Anagrams

• mast, samt

Swedish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Mattias and Matteus. First recorded in Sweden in 1494 as Matz.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mats c (genitive Mats)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (male given names) Mathias, Mattias, Matts
• (surnames) Matsson, Mattsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 65 156 males with the given name Mats living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• mast, samt, stam