The baby name Matania is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced mah-TAH-nee-uh.
Matania is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Matania is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced mah-TAH-nee-uh.
Matania is Hebrew in Origin.
From Hebrew, Matania renders Matanyah/Matanyahu (מתניה/מתניהו), built from matan “gift” + the divine element Yah(u). It means “Yahweh’s gift” or “gift of God.” The name is well attested in the Hebrew Bible: Mattaniah is the birth name of the last king of Judah (renamed Zedekiah), and several Levite singers and officials in Chronicles and Nehemiah also bear it, fixing the name within temple and royal contexts.
Common variants include Mattaniah (traditional English Bible form), Mataniah, Matanya, Mataniya, and Matanyahu; Matan functions as a concise modern short form. By meaning it aligns with Jonathan and Nathaniel. In modern Israel, Matania/Matanya enjoys steady, masculine use and sometimes appears as a surname; in the wider diaspora it is rarer yet recognizable via its biblical spellings. The name conveys gratitude, often chosen to mark a long‑awaited or especially cherished child.
Matania is rarely chosen. We have only 25 recorded uses of it on record, from 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HT | Girls | 0 | #23 | 1 | 950 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #594 | 14 | 10,983 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #991 | 2 | 12,708 |
Matania is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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