Given name · Ukrainian
Матвій
Матвій (Matvíj) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Matvìj.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Матвій developed from Ματθαῖος.
Матвій’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Матвій has a diminutive in Матві́йко. In Ukrainian usage, Матвій developed from the Ancient Greek form Ματθαῖος. In Ukrainian usage, Матвій has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Mateusz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Матвій has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Матвій comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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