Matern or Matérn is a surname. It can also be a masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
As a surname Anik Matern, Canadian actress Bertil Matérn (1917–2007), Swedish statistician Hermann Matern (1893–1971), German communist Max Matern (1902–1935), German communist Nico Matern (born 1992), German football player
As a given name Matern von Marschall (born 1962), German politician
See also
Maternal, meaning related to mothers Matérn covariance function in statistics