The baby name Mats is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Swedish/Norwegian: /mats/ (IPA [mɑts]); English approximation: /mæts/ ('Mats' rhymes with 'cats').
Mats is Latin, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Mats is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Swedish/Norwegian: /mats/ (IPA [mɑts]); English approximation: /mæts/ ('Mats' rhymes with 'cats').
Mats is Latin, Scandinavian in Origin.
Mats is the Scandinavian vernacular of the biblical name Matthew, from Hebrew Matityahu (“gift of Yahweh”), via Greek Matthaios and Latin Matthaeus. Adopted across the Nordics after Christianization, it settled in Sweden and Norway as Mats/Matts, with cognates Danish/Norwegian Mads and Finnish Matti. In Dutch, Mats now appears as a short form of Matthijs.
Medieval Swedish parish rolls record spellings like Matz and Matts; association with the evangelist Matthew and the apostle Matthias sustained use through the Reformation and into modern times, with a late-20th-century uptick in Sweden and renewed visibility in Norway and the Netherlands. International variants include Matthew, Mathew, Matthias, Mattias, Matias, Matteo, Mateo, Mathieu, Mateusz, Matúš, Mátyás, and Mati/Matti. Older Swedish Matts and Estonian Mats appear in records; in Estonian, however, mats also carried rustic overtones. Across languages, the meaning remains “gift of God.”
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats | Bergman | Ingmar Bergman | film director | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 2025 | #1 | — | 423 |
| MT | 0 | #42 | 2 | 1,767 | |
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| Belgium | Boys | 2024 | #90 | 101 | 401 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #109 | 29 | 1,769 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| Norway | Boys | 2025 | #116 | 19 | 444 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #121 | 5 | 2,087 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #147 | 5 | 4,216 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #149 | 6 | 4,685 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #176 | 7 | 1,509 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| DK | 0 | #201 | 6 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #212 | 9 | 4,970 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #213 | 274 | 2,041 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #237 | 1,389 | 3,552 |
| Finland | 0 | #263 | 45 | 830 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #272 | 2 | 6,912 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #295 | 2 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #302 | 4 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #305 | 21 | 7,401 |
| Canada | Boys | 2022 | #306 | 5 | 2,557 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MY | 0 | #351 | 4 | 12,352 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| NL | 0 | #362 | 30 | 2,481 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #378 | 4 | 7,951 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #384 | 4 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #397 | 822 | 5,873 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| Germany | 0 | #423 | 15 | 2,542 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #428 | 2 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #471 | 4 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #553 | 5 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #555 | 5 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #696 | 5 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #732 | 8 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #766 | 2 | 11,684 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #776 | 177 | 5,697 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #780 | 6 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #868 | 11 | 14,506 |
| United States | Boys | 2018 | #880 | 5 | 7,242 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #907 | 24 | 5,610 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #921 | 5 | 15,035 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #972 | 11 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #976 | 6 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,083 | 10 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,093 | 19 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,127 | 15 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,162 | 17 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,194 | 6 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,227 | 8 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,447 | 25 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,602 | 13 | 28,008 |
Mats is popular in 61 countries — most recent births per country:
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