Given name & surname
Maciej
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Maciej is a form of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maciej is a form of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maciej is a form of Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Maciej is used as a form of Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maciej through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 315
- 315 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,075 as a first name in 2020; 298 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maciej’s family of names
In Polish usage, Maciej has a diminutive in Maciek. Maciej shares a linguistic root with Matthew. In Polish usage, Maciej has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maciej has relatives in 20 languages.
27 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 59
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- Matthewcognate · English
- Matteoequivalent
- MatiasPortuguese
- MathiasFrench, Portuguese
- MatthiasEnglish, German
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
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- Maceyderivative · English
- Mateusequivalent
- Mathisequivalent
- MattEnglish
- MattiaItalian
- Mathieuequivalent
- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- Mateuszdoublet · Polish
- Mattiequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matteusequivalent
- Matasequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- MatejSlovak, Croatian
- Мацвейequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Matiesequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Мацейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- Matijuscognate · Lithuanian
- Maciejauskasderivative · Lithuanian
- MatějCzech
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matthäusequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Mátéequivalent
- Mōcwym
- Mocwym
- MátyásHungarian
- Μαθθίαςgr
- Ματθίαςgr
- МатијаSerbian
- МатвейRussian
- МатфийRussian
- Macéjcsb
- MatíasSpanish
- MaćijUpper Sorbian
People named Maciej
- Maciej ŻurawskiPolish footballerborn 1976
- Maciej RybusPolish association football playerborn 1989
- Maciej RatajMarshal of the Polish Sejm1884–1940
- Maciej Kazimierz SarbiewskiPolish writer (1595-1640)
- Maciej LampePolish basketball playerborn 1985
- Maciej MusiałPolish actorborn 1995
- Maciej KotPolish ski jumperborn 1991
- Maciej StryjkowskiPolish historian1547–1593
- Maciej BodnarPolish professional road racing cyclistborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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