Matija

Matija is a South Slavic masculine and feminine given name, a variant of Matthew. Notable people with the name include:


 * Matija Ahacel (1779–1845), Carinthian Slovene philologist, publicist, and collector of folk songs
 * Matija Antun Relković (1732–1798), Habsburg military officer and Croatian writer
 * Matija Babić (born 1978), Croatian journalist and entrepreneur
 * Matija Ban (1818–1903), Serbian poet, dramatist, and playwright
 * Matija Barl (1940–2018), Slovene actor, producer and translator
 * Matija Bećković (born 1939), Serbian writer and poet
 * Matija Bertolloti, Slovenian politician
 * Matija Bravničar (1897–1977), Slovenian composer
 * Matija Čanić (1901–1964), Croatian military officer
 * Matija Češković (born 1981), Croatian basketball guard
 * Matija Christian, Slovenian politician
 * Matija Čop (1797–1835), Slovene linguist, literary historian and critic
 * Matija Di Georgio, Slovenian politician
 * Matija Divković (1563–1631), Bosnian Franciscan writer
 * Matija Duh (1989–2013), Slovenian international motorcycle speedway rider
 * Matija Đulvat (born 1976), Croatian futsal player
 * Matija Dvorneković (born 1989), Croatian football forward
 * Matija Gogala (born 1937), Slovene entomologist
 * Matija Gubec (c. 1548–1573), Croatian revolutionary
 * Matija Ivanić (1445–1523), leader of the Hvar Rebellion
 * Matija Jama (1872–1947), Slovene painter
 * Matija Kluković (born 1982), Croatian independent film director
 * Matija Kranjc (born 1984), Slovenian javelin thrower
 * Matija Kristić (born 1978), Croatian football defender
 * Matija Kvasina (born 1981), Croatian racing cyclist
 * Matija Ljubek (1953–2000), Croatian sprint canoeist
 * Matija Ljujić (born 1993), Serbian football midfielder
 * Matija Majar (1809–1892), Slovene Roman Catholic priest and political activist
 * Matija Matko (born 1982), Croatian football player
 * Matija Mazarek (1726–1808) Catholic priest
 * Matija Mažuranić (1817–1881), Croatian writer
 * Matija Mesić (1826–1878), Croatian historian and professor
 * Matija Murko (1861–1952), Slovene scholar
 * Matija Nastasić (born 1993), Serbian professional footballer
 * Matija Nenadović (1777–1854), Serbian archpriest
 * Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), Croatian writer, professor of aesthetics and archaeology, and lexicographer
 * Matija Pintarič (born 1989), Slovenian ice hockey goaltender
 * Matija Popović (c. 1490–1563), Serbian Orthodox priest from Ottoman Bosnia
 * Matija Protić (born 1994), Serbian football midfielder
 * Matija Prskalo (born 1966), Croatian theatre, film and television actress
 * Mattia Prskalo (born 1986), Swedish male model
 * Matija Sabančić (fl. 1463–1471), King of Bosnia
 * Matija Sarkic (1997–2024), English-born Montenegrin footballer
 * Matija Šegavac (born 1995), Serbian football goalkeeper
 * Matija Šestak (born 1972), Slovenian sprinter
 * Matija Širok (born 1991), Slovenian footballer
 * Matija Škarabot (born 1988), Slovenian footballer
 * Matija Škerbec (1886–1963), Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and writer
 * Matija Skurjeni (1898–1990), Croatian painter associated with the naïve art movement
 * Matija Smrekar (born 1989), Croatian footballer
 * Matija Špičić (born 1988), Croatian footballer
 * Matija Vojsalić, member of the Bosnian Hrvatinić noble family
 * Matija Vuković (1925–1985), Serbian sculptor
 * Matija Zmajević (1680–1735), Russian admiral and shipbuilder