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What does Mat mean?
Mat 
▼ as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Mat) has its root in Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Mat is "gift of God". Mat is an alternate form of Matthew (Hebrew).
STARTS WITH Mat-
ASSOCIATED WITH gift
Variations
VARIANT Matt▼
RELATED FORMS VIA MATTHEW Madteo, Mata, Mateo▲, Mateus, Mathe, Matheu, Mathew▼, Matias▲, Matico, Mats, Matteo▲, Matti, Mattie, Matty, Matvey, Matyas, Matz
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mat Adler (M.A.), ..
How popular is Mat?
Mat is an unusual first name for males but a somewhat prominent last name for both adults and children (#81700 out of 150436, Top 54%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Mat reached its apex rank of #564 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Mat listed in the Top 2000 are Matthew (#20 IN 2018), Mateo (#37), Matteo (#196), Matias (#201), Mathew (#577), Matt and Mattie. Adoption of these forms of Mat reached its apex 4 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 2.6%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 1.26%, ▼51.6%), with forms such as Matt becoming somewhat dated. Mateo, Matias and Matteo are three of the more contemporarily stylish boy names here.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Bat, Mac▲, Man, Mar, Mart, Max▲, Nat▼, Pat▼ and Wat. These names tend to be more frequently used than Mat.
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