Matthew name - Meaning of Matthew
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- English, Biblical, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- MATH-yoo (English)
- Matthew Meaning
- English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios) , which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of Yahweh ". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament. As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages. Matthew originates in Hebrew language and means "God"s present". Saint Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Christ and the author of the Gospel of Matthew. As a masculine given name Matthew has been popular over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. It functions as a surname as well.
Matthew Related Names
Variant: Mathew (English)
Diminutives: Mat, Matt, Mattie, Matty (English)
Other Languages: Matia (Basque), Matthaios, Matthias (Biblical Greek), Mattityahu (Biblical Hebrew), Mattheus, Matthias (Biblical Latin), Mateu (Catalan), Matej, Mateo, Mate, Matija, Matko, Mato (Croatian), Matouš, Matěj, Matyáš (Czech), Mads, Mathias, Matthias (Danish), Matthias, Matthijs, Thijs, Ties (Dutch), Matti, Matias (Finnish), Mathieu, Matthieu, Mathias, Mathis, Matthias (French), Mate (Georgian), Matthäus, Mathias, Mathis, Matthias, Mattias (German), Matthias (Greek), Makaio (Hawaiian), Mattithyahu, Mattityahu (Hebrew), Máté, Mátyás (Hungarian), Maitiú (Irish), Matteo, Mattia (Italian), Matas (Lithuanian), Matej (Macedonian), Matteus, Mathias, Mats, Matthias (Norwegian), Mateusz, Maciej (Polish), Mateus, Matias (Portuguese), Matheus (Portuguese (Brazilian) ), Matfey, Matvei, Matvey, Motya (Russian), Mateja, Matija (Serbian), Matúš, Matej (Slovak), Matej, Matevž, Matic, Matija, Matjaž, Tjaž (Slovene), Mateo, Matías (Spanish), Matteus, Mathias, Mats, Matthias, Mattias (Swedish)
Matthew Celebrities
Matthew Broderick - actor, Matthew Lillard - actor, Matthew McConaughey - actor, Matthew Perry - actor, Matthew Black - football player, Matthew Davis - actor, Matthew Goode - actor, Matthew Herr - hockey player,
