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Given name · Russian

Мэтью

“gift of Yahweh”

Мэтью is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.

RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Matthew.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Мэтью goes back to Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, meaning “gift of Yahweh.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Мэтью comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Мэтью’s family of names

In Russian usage, Мэтью has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew.

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