Given name & surname
Mathews
“the son of Matthew”
Mathews is a variant of Matheson. One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mathews is a variant of Matheson. One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mathews is a variant of Matheson. An origin associated with Matheson is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mathews through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 452
- 452 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 as a first name in 2020; 49,484 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.
Mathews’s family of names
Mathews has a related form in Matheson.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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