Matić (Sr-cyrl: Матић, mǎːtitɕ) is a common Croatian and Serbian surname. It is a patronymic name of Mate, the Croatian, or Matija, both Croatian and Serbian variants of the Latin name Mathaeus, English Matthew.[1] According to Croatian genealogy, the surname Matić is typical of Croat ethnicity, but it is carried by Serbian and Bosnian people as well.[1]
Matić is the most common surname in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia, and among the most frequent ones in another three counties.[2]
Notable people with the name include:
- Barbara Matić (born 1994), Croatian judoka
- Bernardo Matić (born 1994), Croatian footballer
- Bojan Matić (born 1991), Serbian footballer
- Darijan Matić (born 1983), Slovenian football manager and former footballer
- Darinka Matić Marović (1937–2020), Serbian conductor
- Darko Matić (born 1980), Bosnian-born Croatian footballer
- Darko Matić (born 1984), retired Serbian basketball player
- Davor Matić (born 1959), Croatian footballer and manager
- Dejan Matić (born 1978), Serbian folk singer
- Dimitrije Matić (1821–1884), Serbian philosopher and politician
- Dragutin Matić (1888–1970), Serbian military scout
- Dušan Matić (1898–1980), Serbian surrealist poet
- Gordana Matic, Croatian-American mathematician
- Gorana Matić (born 1973), Croatian tennis player
- Igor Matić (born 1981), Serbian footballer
- Ivan Matić (born 1971), Croatian football manager and former footballer
- Ivica Matić (1948–1976), Bosnian and Yugoslav filmmaker
- Ivona Matić (born 1986), Croatian basketball player
- Izidor Perera-Matić (1912–1944), Yugoslav Partisan and physician
- Kojo Matić (born 1995), footballer
- Marko Matić (born 1988), Croatian handball player
- Mateo Matic (born 1996), Swiss footballer
- Mert Matić (born 1995), Turkish volleyball player of Bosnian origin
- Mile Matić (1956–1994), Yugoslav prison guard and spree killer
- Milivoje Matić (born 1938), retired Serbian basketball player and sports physician
- Mislav Matić (born 2000), Croatian footballer
- Nemanja Matić (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Predrag Matić (1962–2024), Croatian politician
- Saša Matić (born 1978), Bosnian Serb singer
- Saša Matić (born 1993), Swedish footballer
- Slavko Matić (born 1976), Serbian football manager and former footballer
- Stipe Matić (born 1979), former Croatian footballer
- Svetlana Matić (born 1966), Serbian writer
- Svetomir Matić (1870–1931), Serbian and Yugoslav army general
- Tatjana Matić (born 1972), Serbian politician
- Tijana Matić (born 1996), Serbian footballer
- Uroš Matić (born 1990), Serbian footballer
- Vasilije Matić (1906–1981), Yugoslav forestry expert
- Veran Matić (born 1962), Serbian media manager
- Veroljub Matić (born 1953), Serbian politician
- Veselin Matić (born 1960), Serbian basketball coach
- Vladan Matić (born 1970), Serbian handball player and coach
- Vladimir Matić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
- Vuk Matić (born 1978), Serbian musician
- Zoran Matić (born 1944), Serbian football coach
See also
References
- ^ Lidija Sambunjak. "Most common Croatian surnames". Croatian genealogy web site. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
Sources: Petar Šimunović, Hrvatska prezimena, Golden Marketing-Tehnička knjiga, Zagreb, 2006; Enciklopedija hrvatskih prezimena, Nacionalni rodoslovni centar, 2008
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