Matta as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Matta

What is the meaning of the name Matta ?

The baby name Matta is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAT-tah (IPA: /ˈmætə/); sometimes MAH-tah (/ˈmɑːtə/).

Matta is Hebrew in Origin.

Matta is a Semitic form of the Biblical name Matthew, ultimately from Hebrew Mattityahu, “gift of Yahweh (God).” It arises through Aramaic and Syriac (Mattai/Matta) and the Arabic Mattā (متى), long used by Arabic- and Syriac-speaking Christian communities. The name’s profile is tied to Saint Matthew the Evangelist; it appears in Middle Eastern tradition and place-names such as the monastery of Mar Mattai in Iraq, and it also surfaces in South Asian Christian usage alongside the cognate Mathai.

Variants include Matthew, Mathew, Matthias, Mattias, Matias, Matteo, Mattia, Matheus, Mateus, and Mathieu; Semitic counterparts are Mattai, Mathai, and Mattā. Short forms are Matt or Mat. The name is predominantly masculine. Note that Matta also exists as an Italian or Hispanic surname from a nickname based on matto/matta “madcap,” an unrelated root. Across cultures linked to the Matthew family of names, the shared meaning remains “gift of God.”