Given name & surname
Mathew
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
In English use, Mathew has a related form in 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 English use, Mathew has a related form in 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
In English use, Mathew has a related form in Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mathew through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77,745
- 77,538 boys · 207 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 2,184 babies
- 2025
- 235
- #975 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 235 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 975 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,174 in 1990. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 71,761 as a first name in 2020; 17,393 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.
Mathew’s family of names
In English usage, Mathew has a diminutive in Matty. In English usage, Mathew has a related form in Matthew. In Welsh usage, Mathew has a conventional equivalent in the German form Matthäus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mathew has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 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 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathiasequivalent
- Matthiasequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
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- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- Mateuszequivalent
- Mattiequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Matequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matteusequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- മത്തായിequivalent
- MatíasSpanish
- MatthäusGerman
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mathew
- Mathew RyanAustralian association football playerborn 1992
- Mathew LeckieAustralian association football playerborn 1991
- Mathew BradyAmerican photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)1822–1896
- Mathew HaymanAustralian road bicycle racerborn 1978
- Mathew BelcherAustralian sailorborn 1982
- Mathew St. PatrickAmerican actorborn 1968
- Mathew KnowlesAmerican music executive, businessman, record producer, and managerborn 1952
- Mathew CheriankunnelCatholic bishop1930–2022
- Mathew HelmAustralian diverborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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