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Матвей
“gift of Yahweh”
Матвей (Matvéj) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Russian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Matthew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Матвей goes back to Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, meaning “gift of Yahweh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Матвей comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Матвей developed from Ματθαῖος.
Матвей’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Матвей has a diminutive in Мотя. In Russian usage, Матвей developed from the Ancient Greek form Ματθαῖος. In Russian usage, Матвей has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Матвей has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
17 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- MatthewEnglish
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathiasequivalent
- MatthiasEnglish
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
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- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
- Mattisequivalent
- Matviiequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- MateuszPolish
- Mattiequivalent
- Matveiequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- MaciejPolish
- Matteusequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- MatthäusGerman
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- Мацвейequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Мацейequivalent
- Ματθαῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Матвей
- Matvey SafonovRussian association football playerborn 1999
- Matvei ZakharovSoviet military commander (1898-1972)
- Matvey BlanterSoviet composer of Jewish origin (1903-1990)
- Matvei PlatovRussian general1753–1818
- Matvey KazakovRussian architect1738–1812
- Matvei BronsteinSoviet physicist (1906-1938)
- MotRussian rapper and singerborn 1990
- Matvey EliseevRussian biathleteborn 1993
- Matvey GusevRussian astronomer (1826–1866)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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