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MatiIn Hebrew: מתי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: מַתִּיRomanization: máti
Mati (Hebrew: מתי) is a unisex name. 799 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys and ranked #809. Its peak year was 1977, with 31 babies.
- People in Israel
- 799
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 6
- rank #809
- Peak year
- 1977
- 31 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Mati
In Hebrew letters the name is מתי, read right to left. Mati is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "máti" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive, Mati and Matti, of the male given name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (matityáhu), equivalent to English Matt
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Mati by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Mati
How do you write Mati in Hebrew?
Mati is written מתי in Hebrew (with vowel points: מַתִּי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "máti".
How many people in Israel are named Mati?
799 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מתי: 248 women and 551 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Mati a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 31% of the people named מתי are women and 69% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Mati mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive, Mati and Matti, of the male given name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (matityáhu), equivalent to English Matt"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.