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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in German
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Matthes is a masculine given name documented in German.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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Berlin, 2020: 3 boys (rank 808). Documented as a given name in German.
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03 / By the numbers
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2017–2023 Spelling: Matthes
Recorded category boys
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Source: BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | 2 | 991 | observed |
| 2020 | 3 | 808 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Matthes” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-3.0-DE
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Matthes— “gift of the Lord”
Matthes, _m._ _Ger._ Heb. gift of the Lord, 15
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
