Given name & surname

Matey

Matey is a surname from Slavic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Matey comes from Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Matey’s family of names

In English usage, Matey as a surname has an alternative spelling in MATEJ. In Greek usage, Matey as a surname is a transliteration of Ματέυ.

Walk Matey’s family in the name graph

MateyMatejΜατέυMattey

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Matey

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Similar names

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Ancient Greek

Maftei

Maftei is a surname from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

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Slavic

Macur

“tomcat”

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Slavic

Malnaș

“raspberry”

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Russian

Mazepin

Mazepin is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Russian.

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Slavic

Magheru

“cook”

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Slavic

Maslany

Maslany is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Slavic

Markowitz

Markowitz is a surname from Slavic.

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Slavic

Merchel

Merchel is a surname from German, ultimately from Slavic. It is used in Polish.

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Sibling ideas

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