Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Matvii isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Matvii through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38
- 38 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,040 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,040 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matvii’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Matvii
- Matviy PonomarenkoUkrainian footballerborn 2006
- Matwij JaworskyjUkrainian historian (1885–1937)
- Matthew StachiwUkrainian politician (1895-1978)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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