Matti (given name) explained

Matti is a given name, originated from the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning "gift of God". It is a popular Finnish version of Matthew or Matthias. Matti (מתי) is also a short for the Yiddish Mattisyahu. It may refer to:

In sports

• Matti Breschel (born 1984), Danish road bicycle racer
• Matti Hagman (1955–2016), Finnish hockey player
• Matti Hautamäki (born 1981), Finnish ski jumper
• Matti Killing (born 1948), Estonian rowing coach
• Matti Klinga (born 1994), Finnish footballer
• Matti Mäki (born 1982), Finnish swimmer
• Matti Niemi (rowing) (born 1937), Finnish coxswain
• Matti Niemi (athlete) (born 1976), Finnish hurdler
• Matti Nuutinen (born 1990), Finnish basketball player
• Matti Nykänen (1963–2019), Finnish ski jumper
• Matti Oivanen (born 1986), Finnish volleyball player
• Matti Pitkänen (born 1948), Finnish former cross-country skier
• Matti Rajakylä (born 1984), Finnish swimmer
• Matti Santahuhta (born 1981), Finnish football manager and former player
• Matti Wasama (1918–1970), Finnish hockey player

In music

• Matti Caspi (born 1949), Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist
• Mátti Kovler (born 1980), Israeli/American composer of music theatre
• Matti Lehtinen (1922–2022), Finnish operatic baritone
• Matti Salminen (born 1945), Finnish operatic bass singer

In politics

• Matti Hannola (born 1939), Finnish farmer and politician
• Matti Kuusimäki (born 1943), Finnish lawyer
• Matti Lonkainen (1874–1918), Finnish politician
• Matti Maasikas (born 1967), Estonian diplomat
• Matti Mattson (1916–2011), American labor organizer, social activist, veteran of the Spanish Civil War
• Matti Miikki (1889–1960), Finnish farmer and politician
• Matti Nikki, Finnish software developer, researcher and Internet anti-censorship activist
• Matti Päts (born 1933), Estonian politician
• Matti Turkia (1871–1946), Finnish politician
• Matti Vanhanen (born 1955), Finnish politician and former Prime Minister of Finland

In other fields

• Matti Aarnio, (1901–1984), Finnish military officer
• Matti Friedman, Israeli-Canadian journalist and author
• Matti Haapoja (1845–1895), Finnish serial killer
• Matti Klinge (1936–2023), Finnish historian
• Matti Kuusela (born 1956), Finnish journalist
• Matti Kuusi (1914–1998), Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist
• Matti Pohto (1817–1857), Finnish book collector
• Matti Seppälä (1941–2020), Finnish geomorphologist
• Matti Åkerblom (1740–1819), Finnish church builder

See also

• Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian
• Mati (disambiguation)