Given name & surname
Matteus
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Matteus 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
Matteus 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
Matteus is a variant of Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Matteus developed from MATTHAEUS. In Finnish usage, Matteus developed from Ματθαῖος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matteus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 215
- 215 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 212 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matteus’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Matteus has a short form in MADI. Matteus has a feminine form in Mathea. Matteus has a related form in Matthew.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matteus has relatives in 10 languages.
14 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mateoequivalent
- Matteoequivalent
- Mathewequivalent
- Mathisequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
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- Mateuszequivalent
- Mattiequivalent
- Matasequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Matheafeminine form · Norwegian
- Matthaeusroot · Latin
- Мацвейequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Matiesequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Матвейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- Debesdoublet · Norwegian Bokmål
- MatthäusGerman
- MatoušCzech
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Ματθαῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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