Given name & surname
Matteson
“the son of Matthew”
Matteson is a variant of Matheson. One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Matteson is a variant of Matheson. One English interpretation is “the son of Matthew.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Matteson 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 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matteson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 10 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 14 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 girls is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 as a first name in 2020; 6,820 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.
Matteson’s family of names
Matteson has a related form in Matheson.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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