Given name & surname
Mateus
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Mateus is a variant 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
Mateus is a variant 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
Mateus is a variant of Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Mateus developed from MATTHAEUS. In Portuguese usage, Mateus developed from Ματθαῖος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mateus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 994
- 994 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #2,824 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,824 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 52 in 2007. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,291 as a first name in 2020; 1,081 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.
Mateus’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Mateus has a diminutive in Mati. Mateus shares a linguistic root with Matthew. In Portuguese usage, Mateus has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Mateo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mateus has relatives in 8 languages.
12 related names in 8 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.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MateoSpanish
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathiasequivalent
- MatthiasGerman
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
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- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- MateuszPolish
- Mattiequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matasequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matthaeusroot · Latin
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- मोतेसborrowing · kok
- MatíasSpanish
- MatthäusGerman
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Ματθαῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
People named Mateus
- ManuchoAngolan association football playerborn 1983
- MateusAngolan association football playerborn 1984
- TetêBrazilian footballerborn 2000
- Mateus CastroBrazilian association football playerborn 1994
- Mateus CarameloBrazilian footballer (1994-2016)
- Mateus VitalBrazilian association football playerborn 1998
- Mateus ManéPortuguese-English footballerborn 2007
- Mateus ParanáBrazilian footballerborn 1987
- Mateus SolanoBrazilian actorborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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