# Matija

Matija is a South Slavic masculine given name, cognate to Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
* Matija Ahacel (1779–1845), Carinthian Slovene philologist, publicist, and collector of folk songs
* Matija Antun Relković (1732–1798), Habsburg military officer and Croatian writer
* Matija Babić (born 1978), Croatian journalist and entrepreneur
* Matija Ban (1818–1903), Serbian poet, dramatist, and playwright
* Matija Barl (1940–2018), Slovene actor, producer and translator
* Matija Bećković (born 1939), Serbian writer and poet
* Matija Bertolloti, Slovenian politician
* Matija Bravničar (1897–1977), Slovenian composer
* Matija Čanić (1901–1964), Croatian military officer
* Matija Češković (born 1981), Croatian basketball guard
* Matija Christian, Slovenian politician
* Matija Čop (1797–1835), Slovene linguist, literary historian and critic
* Matija Di Georgio, Slovenian politician
* Matija Divković (1563–1631), Bosnian Franciscan writer
* Matija Duh (1989–2013), Slovenian international motorcycle speedway rider
* Matija Đulvat (born 1976), Croatian futsal player
* Matija Dvorneković (born 1989), Croatian football forward
* Matija Gogala (born 1937), Slovene entomologist
* Matija Gubec (c. 1548–1573), Croatian revolutionary
* Matija Ivanić (1445–1523), leader of the Hvar Rebellion
* Matija Jama (1872–1947), Slovene painter
* Matija Kluković (born 1982), Croatian independent film director
* Matija Kranjc (born 1984), Slovenian javelin thrower
* Matija Kristić (born 1978), Croatian football defender
* Matija Kvasina (born 1981), Croatian racing cyclist
* Matija Ljubek (1953–2000), Croatian sprint canoeist
* Matija Ljujić (born 1993), Serbian football midfielder
* Matija Majar (1809–1892), Slovene Roman Catholic priest and political activist
* Matija Matko (born 1982), Croatian football player
* Matija Mazarek (1726–1808) Catholic priest
* Matija Mažuranić (1817–1881), Croatian writer
* Matija Mesić (1826–1878), Croatian historian and professor
* Matija Murko (1861–1952), Slovene scholar
* Matija Nastasić (born 1993), Serbian professional footballer
* Matija Nenadović (1777–1854), Serbian archpriest
* Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), Croatian writer, professor of aesthetics and archaeology, and lexicographer
* Matija Pintarič (born 1989), Slovenian ice hockey goaltender
* Matija Popović (c. 1490–1563), Serbian Orthodox priest from Ottoman Bosnia
* Matija Prskalo (born 1966), Croatian theatre, film and television actress
* Mattia Prskalo (born 1986), Swedish male model
* Matija Sabančić (fl. 1463–1471), King of Bosnia
* Matija Sarkic (1997–2024), English-born Montenegrin footballer
* Matija Šestak (born 1972), Slovenian sprinter
* Matija Širok (born 1991), Slovenian footballer
* Matija Škarabot (born 1988), Slovenian footballer
* Matija Škerbec (1886–1963), Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and writer
* Matija Skurjeni (1898–1990), Croatian painter associated with the naïve art movement
* Matija Smrekar (born 1989), Croatian footballer
* Matija Špičić (born 1988), Croatian footballer
* Matija Vojsalić, member of the Bosnian Hrvatinić noble family
* Matija Vuković (1925–1985), Serbian sculptor
* Matija Zmajević (1680–1735), Russian admiral and shipbuilder