Given name & surname
Matea
“a gift from God”·“gift of God”
Matea is a feminine 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
In Hebrew use, Matea carries the interpretation “a gift from God.” Matea is a feminine form of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Matea is used as a feminine counterpart of Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 851
- 0 boys · 851 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,876 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,876 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,049 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matea’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Matea has a diminutive in Mating. Matea is a feminine form of Matthew. Matea has a related form in Mattea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matea has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Matteavariant
- Matthanvariant
- Matiavariant
- Matejavariant
- Matheavariant
- Mattheavariant
- Matingdiminutive · ceb
- Mathiavariant
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Matea
- Matea JelićCroatian taekwondo practitionerborn 1997
- Matea Parlov Koštrolong distance runner from Croatiaborn 1992
- Matea FerkCroatian alpine skierborn 1987
- Matea PletikosićCroatian-Montenegrin handball playerborn 1998
- Matea IkićCroatian volleyball playerborn 1989
- Matea MezakCroatian female tennis playerborn 1985
- Matea VrdoljakCroatian basketball player (born 1985)
- Matea BošnjakCroatian association football playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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