Mats

See also: mats, mâts, mäts, and matš

English

Noun

Mats

1. plural of Mat

   There are three Mats in this department.

Anagrams

• AMTs, ASTM, ATMs, MAST, MTAs, Mast, Stam, amts, mast, mast-, stam, tams

Estonian

Proper noun

Mats

1. a male given name, short for Mattias and Matteus

Related terms

• Madi
• Madis
• Maido
• Mait
• Mati
• Matis

 

Faroese

Proper noun

Mats m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Mats: Matsson
• daughter of Mats: Matsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Mats
Accusative	Mats
Dative	Matsi
Genitive	Mats

Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of Mathias and related names. Cognate with Danish Mads.

Proper noun

Mats

1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Mattias and Matteus. First recorded in Sweden in 1494 as Matz.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mats c (genitive Mats)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (male given names) Mathias, Mattias, Matts
• (surnames) Matsson, Mattsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 65 156 males with the given name Mats living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• mast, samt, stam