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What does Matthew mean?

Matthew Pronunciation of Matthew as a boys' name is pronounced MATH-yoo. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Matthew is "gift of God". Biblical: the name of one of the twelve apostles, who wrote the first Gospel account of Jesus. His name is a form of the Hebrew name Mattathia. The alternate spelling Mathew is an English surname variant spelling. Actors Matthew Broderick, Matthew Modine, Matthew Perry, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Leblanc, Matt Damon; photographer Mathew Brady; poet Matthew Arnold; tennis celebrity Mats Wilander.

STARTS WITH Mat-

ASSOCIATED WITH gift, biblical, surname

Variations

VARIANTS Madteo, Madteos, Madtheos, Mat, Mata, Mateo, Mateus, Mateusz, Mathe, Matheu, Mathew, Mathian, Mathias, Mathieu, Matias, Matico, Mats, Matt, Mattaeus, Mattaus, Matteo, Matthaus, Mattheus, Matthias, Matthieu, Matthiew, Matti, Mattias, Mattie, Mattieu, Matty, Matvey, Matyas, Matz

SEE ALSO Mace, Mayhew

FEMININE FORMS Madison, Mattea, May

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Matthew?

Matthew is a very popular first name for men (#25 out of 1220, Top 2%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#4971 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Matthew reached its top rank of #2 in the U.S. in 1996, and is currently at #20. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Matthew name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Matthew outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Mace, Mat, Mateo (#37 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Mateusz, Mathew (#577), Mathias (#398), Mathieu, Matias (#201), Matt, Matteo (#196), Matthias (#407), Mattias (#1391) and Mattie are the prominent variation forms of Matthew (#20). These relations of Matthew reached the top of their popularity in the 1980s (USAGE OF 2.61%) and are somewhat less common today (USAGE 1.35%, 48.1%), with forms like Matt becoming less stylish. Matthew is the clear favorite, although Matias appears to be becoming a favorite too.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Matthew, Mace, Mat, Mateo, Mateusz in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mathew, Mathias, Mathieu, Matias, Matt in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Matteo, Matthias, Mattias, Mattie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Matthew, Mateo, Mathew, Matteo, Mattias outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Macghee (see Magee), Machen, Maither, Mandrew, Manten (see Manton), Martel, Marten, Martie, Mather, Matther and Mitchel. These names tend to be less frequently used than Matthew.

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