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 is also a short for the Yiddish Mattisyahu. It may refer to:
In sports
- Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
- Matti Hagman, Finnish hockey player
- Matti Hautamäki, Finnish ski jumper
- Matti Hamberg, Finnish speed skater
- Matti Jutila, Finnish-born Canadian Olympic wrestler
- Matti Killing, Estonian rowing coach
- Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- Matti Mäki, Finnish swimmer
- Matti Niemi (rowing), Finnish coxswain
- Matti Niemi (athlete), Finnish hurdler
- Matti Nuutinen, Finnish basketball player
- Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
- Matti Oivanen, Finnish volleyball player
- Matti Pitkänen, Finnish former cross-country skier
- Matti Rajakylä, Finnish swimmer
- Matti Santahuhta, Finnish football manager and former player
- Matti Wasama, Finnish hockey player
In music
- Matti Caspi, Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist
- Matti Kärki, Swedish death metal vocalist
- Mátti Kovler, Israeli/American composer of music theatre
- Matti Lehtinen, Finnish operatic baritone
- Matti Salminen, Finnish operatic bass singer
In politics
- Matti Hannola, Finnish farmer and politician
- Matti Kuusimäki, Finnish lawyer
- Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician
- Matti Maasikas, Estonian diplomat
- Matti Mattson, American labor organizer, social activist, veteran of the Spanish Civil War
- Matti Miikki, Finnish farmer and politician
- Matti Nikki, Finnish software developer, researcher and Internet anti-censorship activist
- Matti Päts, Estonian politician
- Matti Turkia, Finnish politician
- Matti Vanhanen, Finnish politician and former Prime Minister of Finland
In other fields
- Matti Aarnio,, Finnish military officer
- Matti Friedman, Israeli-Canadian journalist and author
- Matti Haapoja, Finnish serial killer
- Matti Klinge, Finnish historian
- Matti Kuusela, Finnish journalist
- Matti Kuusi, Finnish folklorist, paremiographer and paremiologist
- Matti Pohto, Finnish book collector
- Matti Saari, Perpetrator of the Kauhajoki school shooting
- Matti Seppälä, Finnish geomorphologist
- Matti Åkerblom, Finnish church builder