Matthias/Mathias

[mumtotwox]

We adore this name and are considering it for baby 3. Which spelling do you prefer?

Preferred pronunciation: "mah tee us"

Definitely Matthias if in the UK as people will be used to Matthew

Matthias

I always use a single t if playing computer/console games as a male character. Didn't know it with 2.

I know a mattias but however you spell it I think it’s a lovely name

Matthias. It will get said as Math-eye-us in the UK.

Lovely name, I like one ‘t’!

Might depend on accent - I think my area would render it mat-tay-us

Yeah maybe Matheus/Mattias/Matias would be better for pronunciation in the UK?

@Giveuprobot , how would you get Mat-tay-us?

Just by speaking out loud.

I know one. Matthias. He is often called 'Mateus' (Ma-tay-us, the wine?) and occasionally Ma-thigh-us (biblical pronunciation but many these days don't know it). I think once he's corrected them (Ma-tee-us) people realise it's easy to say!

Ps. Matias is awful. I think I would say that 'May-shuss' but I would be very confused. There are enough European names and people in this country that people should be able to say Matthias.

Matthias.

It was on our shortlist for boys but pronounced Math-eye-uss as we liked Biblical names.

The first one

However I would be prepared for people to pronounce it ma-THIGH-us like they do in the US. It’s nice either way IMO.

My Icelandic-English son's name ❤️

We don't live in the UK but we've never found anyone there who couldn't say it properly and we say it how you described with the stresson the first syllable.

They don't always spell it right. He has the spelling with two ts and an h.

It's such a handsome name!

It will always be mat-eye-us or mat-ay-us. I have never heard Mat-ee-us

2 tts.
Prefer Matthew though.

It's Mat-ee-us in loads of European countries. Basically all the ones that speak a Germanic language I think. Though the stress and accents vary a little.

It is a lovely name, no matter the spelling!

In my home country the name usually has the spelling "Mattias", and all the men I know with the name are very kind and generous.

And in my language the name is pronounced with a "tee"-sound.

Family member with Swedish heritage is Mattias pronounced Mat-ee-as