The baby name Mattan is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAH-tahn.
Mattan is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Mattan is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAH-tahn.
Mattan is Hebrew in Origin.
Mattan is a biblical Hebrew masculine name, written מַתָּן and vocalized Mattan in the Masoretic tradition. It is identical with the common noun mattan, gift, from the Northwest Semitic root n-t-n, to give. The form uses the Hebrew nominal prefix m- with a doubled tav, a pattern that produces a concrete noun denoting the thing given rather than the act of giving.
In the Hebrew Bible, Mattan names a priest of Baal killed during Jehoiada’s coup against Athaliah and a man connected with Jeremiah’s imprisonment. The Greek New Testament preserves the related transliteration Matthan in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus. Matan is the usual modern Hebrew spelling in Latin letters, while Matthan reflects biblical Greek and English Bible tradition. In the United States, SSA records show only occasional male births since 1993.
| Mattan I Mattan was best known as a king of Tyre, ruling from 840 to 832 BC after succeeding his father, Baal-Eser II. He is also remembered as the father of Pygmalion, a later king of Tyre, and of Dido, the legendary queen associated with the founding of Carthage. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 0 | #224 | 3 | 5,692 | |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| IL | 0 | #279 | 4 | 6,291 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #525 | 24 | 10,655 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #568 | 40 | 10,983 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| United States | Boys | 2016 | #891 | 7 | 7,365 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Mattan is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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