Given name & surname
Matúš
“gift of God”
Matúš is a surname. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Matúš goes back to Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of God.”
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Where it comes from
Matúš comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, from Hebrew מתתיהו.
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Matúš’s family of names
In Old Czech usage, Matúš has a diminutive in Matúšek. In Slovak usage, Matúš has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew. In Slovak usage, Matúš has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Mateusz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matúš has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- MatthewEnglish
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathiasequivalent
- Matthiasequivalent
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
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- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- MateuszPolish
- Mattiequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matteusequivalent
- Matasequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- MatthäusGerman
- MatoušCzech
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
People named Matúš
- Matúš KozáčikSlovak soccer playerborn 1983
- Matúš BeroSlovak association football playerborn 1995
- Matúš ValloSlovak architect, local government activist and musicianborn 1977
- Matus BisnovatSoviet aircraft and missile designer (1905-1977)
- Matúš SukeľSlovak ice hockey playerborn 1996
- Matúš BubeníkSlovak high jumperborn 1989
- Matúš PutnockýSlovak soccer playerborn 1984
- Matúš RusnákSlovak footballerborn 1999
- Matúš Šutaj EštokSlovak lawyer and politician, Minister of Interior of Slovakiaborn 1987
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