Given name & surname
Mathieu
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Mathieu 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
Mathieu 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
Mathieu is a variant of 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 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mathieu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,416
- 2,416 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,978 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,978 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 77 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,843 as a first name in 2020; 5,584 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.
Mathieu’s family of names
Mathieu shares a linguistic root with Matthew. In French usage, Mathieu has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Mateo. Mathieu has a related form in Matthew.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mathieu has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MateoSpanish
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathiasequivalent
- MatthiasGerman
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
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- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- MateuszPolish
- Mattiequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matteusequivalent
- Matasequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matthäusequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
People named Mathieu
- Mathieu Kérékoupolitician (1933-2015)
- Mathieu ValbuenaFrench footballer (born 1984)
- Mathieu DebuchyFrench footballer (born 1985)
- Mathieu KassovitzFrench actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1967)
- Mathieu FlaminiFrench footballer (born 1984)
- Mathieu van der PoelDutch cyclist, cyclo-cross and road racingborn 1995
- Mathieu AmalricFrench actor and filmmakerborn 1965
- Mathieu BodmerFrench footballer (born 1982)
- Mathieu ChoinièreCanadian soccer playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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