Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Form of Matthew used in the Greek New Testament. It is more accurately transcribed Mattheos in modern Greek.

Related Names

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

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Greece: November 16

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3156, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3156.
Entry updated October 6, 2024