Given name & surname · also Latin
Matthäus
Matthäus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in German.
Original LatinMatthaeus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Matthäus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In German usage, Matthäus developed from Ματθαῖος.
Matthäus’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Matthäus has a later derivative in DEBES. In German usage, Matthäus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Matthew. In German usage, Matthäus has a conventional equivalent in the Welsh form Mathew.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matthäus has relatives in 76 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
63 related names in 76 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 88
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Matthaeussource · Latin
- MateoSpanish, war
- MatthewEnglish, Scots
- MatteoItalian
- Mathiasequivalent
- Matthiasequivalent
- MathewWelsh
- Mattiasequivalent
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- MakaioHawaiian
- Mattheoia
- MateusPortuguese, mwl
- Mattiaequivalent
- Mathieuequivalent
- Mattisequivalent
- Matveyequivalent
- MateiRomanian
- MatthieuFrench
- MateuszPolish
- Mattiequivalent
- MattewMaltese
- MatiGreenlandic, Albanian
- MatiusIndonesian
- Mateequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- MatejUpper Sorbian, Slovene
- MatijaSerbo-Croatian
- MatteusSwedish, Norwegian
- MianManx
- MatsMaltese, Faroese
- MatasLithuanian
- MateuCatalan, Aragonese
- Matzequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- Debesderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- ThyssenGerman
- MatoušCzech
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Ματθαῖοςroot · Ancient Greek
- MattéusWest Frisian
- МацвейBelarusian
- MátéHungarian
- МатвійUkrainian
- MatějCzech
- แมทธิวThai
- MathayoSwahili
- MatúšSlovak
- MhataScottish Gaelic
- МатвейRussian
And 28 more.
People named Matthäus
- Matthäus Merian the ElderSwiss-born engraver, publisher (1593 – 1650)
- Matthäus HetzenauerAustrian sniper (1924–2004)
- Matthäus Daniel PöppelmannGerman architect1662–1736
- Matthäus Lang von WellenburgHoly Roman Empire statesman, cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (1469-1540)1468–1540
- Matthäus SchinerCatholic cardinal (1465-1522)
- Matthäus Merian the YoungerSwiss engraver and portrait painter (1621 - 1687)
- Matthäus ZellGerman Lutheran pastor1477–1548
- Matthäus AurogallusGerman hebraist and historian (ca 1490-1543)
- Matthäus SeutterGerman cartographer1678–1757
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