Matić Explained

Matić (Serbian: Матић, pronounced as /sh/) is a common Croatian or Serbian surname. It is a patronymic name of Mate, the Croatian, or Matija, both Croatian and Serbian variants of the Latin name Mathaeus, English Matthew.^[1] According to Croatian genealogy, the surname Matić is typical of Croat ethnicity, but it is carried by Serbian and Bosnian people as well.^[1]

Matić is the most common surname in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia, and among the most frequent ones in another three counties.

Notable people with the name include:

• Bernardo Matić (born 1994), Croatian footballer
• Bojan Matić (born 1991), Serbian footballer
• Darko Matić (born 1980), Bosnian-born Croatian footballer
• Dimitrije Matić (1821–1884), Serbian politician
• Dušan Matić (1898–1980), Serbian surrealist poet
• Igor Matić (born 1981), Serbian footballer
• Ivan Matić (born 1971), Croatian former footballer, now a manager
• Nemanja Matić (born 1988), Serbian footballer
• Peter Matić (1937–2019), Austrian actor and voice actor
• Saša Matić (born 1978), Bosnian Serb singer
• Stipe Matić (born 1979), Croatian footballer
• Uroš Matić (born 1990), Serbian footballer
• Veselin Matić (born 1960), Serbian basketball coach
• Zoran Matić (born 1944), Yugoslav football coach

See also

• • Matići (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Most common Croatian surnames . Lidija Sambunjak . Croatian genealogy web site . Sources: Petar Šimunović, Hrvatska prezimena, Golden Marketing-Tehnička knjiga, Zagreb, 2006; Enciklopedija hrvatskih prezimena, Nacionalni rodoslovni centar, 2008 . 2012-10-19.