Mattan

This article is about Mattan as a given name. For the Indian town, see Mattan, Jammu and Kashmir.

Mattan
Pronunciation	Hebrew: [maˈtan]
Gender	Predominantly male
Origin
Word/Name	Hebrew
Meaning	"giving"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Matan, Matthan
Related names	Mattanel, Mattaniah, Mattaniahu

Mattan (alternative spelling: Matan, Hebrew: מַתָּן, Latin: Matthan) is a Hebrew name, mostly for males, coming from the word 'gift' and literally means "giving". It is part of the title of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot that is also known as "Z'man Mattan Torah" meaning the "time [of the] giving [of the] Torah."

A Biblical reference for a Mattan as a given name is the story told in Books of Kings about the Baal priest Mattan, killed by the people of the Kingdom of Judah during a revolution. In the Gospel of Matthew, Matthan is the paternal grandfather of Joseph, father of Jesus.

King Zedekiah birth name was originally Mattanyahu.

Places

• Matan, Israel, a village in Israel

People

• Mattan I
• Matan Vilnai, an Israeli politician
• Matan Naor, an Israeli basketball player
• Matan Zohar, a musician

See also

• List of biblical names starting with M