Matti (given name)

Matti is a given name, a Finnish version of the name Matthew and may refer to:

In sports:

• Matti Breschel, professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC
• Matti Hagman, Finnish hockey player
• Matti Hautamäki, Finnish ski jumper
• Matti Mäki, Finnish backstroke swimmer
• Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
• Matti Oivanen, Finnish volleyball player
• Matti Pitkänen, Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s
• Matti Rajakylä, Finnish swimmer
• Matti Wasama, Finnish hockey player

In music:

• Matti Caspi, Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist
• Matti Salminen, Finnish bass singer
• Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian

In politics:

• Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland
• Matti Nikki, Finnish anti-censorship activist
• Matti Mattson, Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

In other fields:

• Matti Klinge, Finnish historian
• Matti Saari (disambiguation), multiple people

Matti is also a nickname for the Hebrew boys' name Mattisyahu, or for the Yiddish girls' name Mattel.

See also

• Matthew (name)