Given name & surname
Matvey
“a gift from God”·“gift of God”
Matvey 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
In Russian use, Matvey carries the interpretation “a gift from God.” Matvey is a variant of Matthew. Interpretations include “gift of God” (Hebrew) and “a gift from God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Matvey is used as a form of Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matvey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 319 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,039 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,039 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 444 as a first name in 2020; 166 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.
Matvey’s family of names
Matvey has a related form in Matthew. Matvey is a form of Matthew. Matvey has a related form in Matvea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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
- Mathiasequivalent
- Matthiasequivalent
- Mathewequivalent
- Mattiasequivalent
- Mateusequivalent
- Mattiaequivalent
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- Mathieuequivalent
- Mattisequivalent
- Matviiequivalent
- Matthieuequivalent
- Mattiequivalent
- Mateuszequivalent
- Matveiequivalent
- Matteusequivalent
- Mateuequivalent
- Mateequivalent
- Matijaequivalent
- Matthijsequivalent
- Maciejequivalent
- Mathijsequivalent
- Matejequivalent
- Madisequivalent
- Matjažequivalent
- Мацвейequivalent
- מתתיהוequivalent
- Matfijequivalent
- Matfeiequivalent
- Mátyásequivalent
- Analequivalent
- Matthäusequivalent
- Matúšequivalent
- Mazhevequivalent
- Matíasequivalent
- Matsveiequivalent
- Maffeoequivalent
- Мацейequivalent
- Matyášequivalent
- Matityahuequivalent
- Mazzeoequivalent
People named Matvey
- Matvey SafonovRussian association football playerborn 1999
- Matvei ZakharovSoviet military commander (1898-1972)
- Matvey BlanterSoviet composer of Jewish origin (1903-1990)
- Matvei PlatovRussian general1753–1818
- Matvey KazakovRussian architect1738–1812
- Matvei BronsteinSoviet physicist (1906-1938)
- MotRussian rapper and singerborn 1990
- Matvey EliseevRussian biathleteborn 1993
- Matvey GusevRussian astronomer (1826–1866)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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