# Matty

Matty is a given name or nickname, frequently of the male given name Matthew. It can also be a surname.

## People with the given name or nickname

Notable people with the given name or nickname include:

### A–E

* Matty Alou (1938–2011), Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Republic
* Matty Appleby (born 1972), English former footballer
* Matty Ashurst (born 1989), English rugby league player
* Matty Askin (born 1988), English cruiserweight boxer
* Matty Baldwin (1885–1918), American boxer
* Matty Beharrell (born 1993) English professional rugby league player
* Matty Bell (1899–1983), American college football player, football and basketball head coach and athletics administrator
* Matty Beniers (born 2002), American ice hockey player
* Matty Blair (born 1989), English footballer
* Matty Blythe (born 1988), English rugby league player
* Matty Cash (born 1997), Polish footballer
* Matty Cardarople (born 1983), American actor
* Matty Dale (born 1986), English rugby league player
* Matty Dawson-Jones (born 1990), English rugby league player
* Matty Dixon (born 1994), English professional footballer
* Matty Edwards (born 1991), English footballer

### F–L

* Matty Fleming (born 1996), English rugby league player
* Matty Fouhy (1924–1977), Irish hurler
* Matty Fozard (born 1995), English rugby league player
* Matty Fryatt (born 1986), English footballer
* Matty Geoghegan (fl. 1936), Irish footballer
* Matty Hadden (born 1990), rugby league player from Northern Ireland
* Matty Healy (born 1989), British musician, lead singer of The 1975
* Matty Holmes (born 1969), English former footballer
* Matty Hughes (born 1992), English footballer
* Matthew Ianniello (1920–2012), New York mobster known as "Matty the Horse"
* Matty James (born 1991), English footballer
* Matthew Johns (born 1971), Australian rugby league football commentator and former player, star of The Matty Johns Show variety television show
* Matty Kay (born 1989), English footballer
* Matty Kemp (1907–1999), American film actor
* Matty Lee (born 1998), British diver
* Matty Lewis (born 1975) American musician, rhythm guitarist and co-lead singer of Zebrahead
* Matty Lund (born 1990), English footballer

### M–T

* Matty Maher (1854–1931), Irish hurler
* Matty Malneck (1903–1981), American jazz bandleader, violinist, violist and songwriter
* Matty Marsh, English rugby league player
* Matty Matlock (1907–1978), American Dixieland jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and arranger
* Matty McNair, American explorer
* Matty McLean, New Zealand TV presenter
* Matty Mullins (born 1988), lead singer of American band Memphis May Fire
* Matty Pattison (born 1986), South African footballer
* Matty Pearson (born 1993), English footballer
* Matty Poole, English footballer who made his professional debut in 2009
* Matty Power (1901–1965), Irish hurler
* Matty Rich (born 1971), American film director, screenwriter, and video game executive
* Matty Roberts (disambiguation), several people
* Matty Robson (born 1985), English footballer
* Matty Russell (born 1993), Scottish rugby league player
* Matt Ryan (American football) (born 1985), nicknamed Matty Ice, American football player
* Matty Simmons, American film and television producer, and newspaper reporter
* Matty Smith (born 1987), English rugby league player
* Matty Templeton (born 1996), English footballer

## People with the surname

* Leigh Matty, a member of the British rock band Romeo's Daughter
* Richard P. Matty (1932–2019), American politician

## Fictional characters with the name

* the title character of the English folk ballad "Matty Groves"
* Matty Levan, in Skins
* Matty Nolan, in the British soap opera Brookside
* Matty McKibben, in the Awkward television series