Mats

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Matthias and Matthæus [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Variant spelling of Matz [5]

Related Names

     
Mads Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Madsi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Madsine Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Masine Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Mass Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Masse Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Massi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Maths Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Mats Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Matsa Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Matsi Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Matso Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Matsu Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Matts Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Matz Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
Gina see Madsgine

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

24 February

Norway Norway

24 February

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 February

Sweden Sweden

24 February

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Mats
Accusative: Mats
Dative: Matsi
Genitive: Mats

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 16th century [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 3 8 43574 65156
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 4419 6412
Denmark Denmark[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 183 n.a
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 2444
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[6][8][7][9]:Name statistics for Mats(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Mats(m)


Sources: [6] [8] [7] [9]

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  4. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi