Thijs

Thijs is a Dutch masculine name functioning as a short form of Matthijs, itself the Dutch form of Matthew, which derives from the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning gift of God. The name has been in common use in the Netherlands and Flanders for centuries and remains a familiar everyday form in those regions. Matthijs and the international cognates Matthew, Mathieu, Matteo, Mateo, and Matías all share the same Hebrew root.