Given name & surname
Mattheus
“gift of God”·“a gift from God”
Mattheus 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
Mattheus 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
Mattheus 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 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mattheus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 221
- 221 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,318 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,318 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020; 193 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.
Mattheus’s family of names
Mattheus has a related form in Matthew. In Portuguese usage, Mattheus has a related form in Mateus. In Dutch usage, Mattheus has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Matías.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mattheus
- Mattheus Oliveirafootballerborn 1994
- Mattheus TerwestenDutch painter, draughtsman and interior decorator (1670-1757)
- Mattheus PronkDutch track cyclist (1947–2001)
- Mattheus van BeverenFlemish sculptor1635–1691
- Mattheus van HelmontFlemish painter (1623-1679)
- Mattheus de HaanDutch colonial governor1663–1729
- Mattheus Marinus SchepmanDutch malacologist1847–1919
- Mattheus BorrekensFlemish engraver and draughtsman (1615–1670)
- Mattheus WijtmansDutch painter (c.1650-1689)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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