Matej

Gender Masculine
Usage Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Scripts Матеј(Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈma.cɛj/(Slovak) /ma.ˈtɛ́ːj/(Slovene)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Slovak form of Matthias, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. Also the Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian form of Matthew, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.

Related Names

Rootsmattaṯ + Yahweh
VariantsMatevž(Slovene) Mateo(Croatian)
DiminutivesTevž(Slovene) Mate, Matko, Mato(Croatian)
Feminine FormsMateja, Teja(Slovene) Mateja(Croatian)
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Matia(Basque) Mattaniah, Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah, Nethaniah, Mattathias(Biblical) Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthias(Biblical Greek) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Netanyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mattheus, Matthias(Biblical Latin) Mazhe, Mahé(Breton) Matey(Bulgarian) Mateu(Catalan) Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš(Czech) Mathias, Mads(Danish) Mathijs, Matthias, Matthijs, Thijs, Ties, Tijs(Dutch) Matthew, Mat, Mathew, Matt, Mattie, Matty(English) Mati, Mattias, Madis(Estonian) Matias, Matti(Finnish) Mahé, Matéo, Mathéo, Mathias, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthias, Matthieu, Mathis, Mathys, Matis(French) Mate(Georgian) Mathias, Matthias, Mathis, Matthäus, Mattis(German) Matthaios, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Matityahu(Hebrew) Máté, Mátyás(Hungarian) Matthías(Icelandic) Maitiú(Irish) Matteo, Mattia(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mats, Mattis(Norwegian) Maciej, Mateusz(Polish) Mateus, Matias(Portuguese) Matheus(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey, Motya(Russian) Mateja, Matija(Serbian) Mateo, Matías(Spanish) Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattias, Mats, Mattis, Matts(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingMatěj

Popularity

Name Days

Croatia: September 21
Slovakia: February 24

Categories

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Entry updated February 28, 2019