Matti (given name)

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 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