Matanya as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Matanya

What is the meaning of the name Matanya ?

The baby name Matanya is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-TAHN-yah (/mɑˈtɑnjə/).

Matanya is Hebrew in Origin.

Matanya is a Hebrew given name deriving from Mattanyah/Mattaniah (מַתַּנְיָה), built from the root matan “gift” and the theophoric element Yah, yielding the meaning “gift of the Lord” or “gift of Yahweh.” The name appears in the Hebrew Bible for Levites and temple singers; notably, Judah’s last king Zedekiah bore the birth name Mattaniah.

Maintained in Jewish usage through late antiquity and the diaspora, it was revived in modern Israel as Matanya, a streamlined biblical form that feels contemporary. Variants and transliterations include Mattaniah, Mataniah, Mattanya, and Matanyahu (cf. the surname Netanyahu); Greek and Latin renderings show Matthanias or Mattanias. Related short forms are Matan and Mati. Primarily masculine, Matanya is occasionally unisex; cognates with parallel meanings include Jonathan and Nathaniel.