Matthew Name Meaning

Gender :

Masculine

Meaning of Matthew :

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian , British , Chinese , Czechoslovakian , Danish , Dutch , English , French , German , Greek , Hawaiian , Hebrew , Irish , Jamaican , Portuguese , Swiss

Pronounciation
of Name Matthew :

/MATH-yoo/

Etymology
of Name Matthew :

History
of Name Matthew :

Popular In :

Northern Ireland, US, Canada, Scotland, Australia

Information about the
Name of Matthew :

"Matthew" is a favorite name across different English-speaking countries. It's so popular that there are songs written on it including those by John Denver, Cat Stevens, and The Monkees.

Famous People with
Name Matthew :

Matthew Broderick is an American singer and actor who is best known for playing the adult voice of Simba in the Disney trilogy movie "The Lion King". Matthew McConaughey is an American actor who played in the comedy movie "Dazed and Confused". Matthew Perry is a Canadian-American actor famous for playing the role of "Chandler Bing" on the popular TV sitcom Friends.

Variant Names of Matthew:

Madteo, Madteos, Madtheos, Mat, Mata, Mateo, Mateus, Mateusz, Mathé, Matheu, Mathew, Math, Matt, Matty, Mat, Madteo, Madteos, Madtheos, Mat, Mata, Mateo, Mateus, Mateusz, Mathe, Matheu, Mathew, Math, Mateo,  Mathew, Mathias,  Mathieu,  Matt,  Matthias,  Matias, Matteo, Matheus,  Mathis,  Mads

Matia (Basque), Matey (Bulgarian), Mateo (Spanish)

Rhyming Names of Matthew: 

Names Similar to Matthew :

Matt, Matthias, Mattatha, Matthan, Matthanias, Mattan, Mattana, Mattaniah, Mattathias, Mattenai

Popularity Rank :

Matthew name was top ranked at 204 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 15 position in American during year 2015

Name Matthew has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 16 position. 1566027 numbers of people were named Matthew so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :

The masculine name Matthew is the English version of Matthaios that is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Mattityahu that means “gift of Yahweh”. One of the twelve apostles has the name Matthew, who was a tax collector and an author of the first gospel that is found in the New Testament.

The name has been used as an English name since the Middle Ages. There have been many notable people with the name, like Matthew Perry the American naval officer who navigated a delegation to Japan.

Matthew Numerology :

Personality No. 3. People with name Matthew are jovial & love to talk. They also love children & pets. They are creative & try to do too many things. They must express themselves. They are very social & great uplifters. Person with Matthew having 3 as Personality number are ambitious & philosophical. They are versatile & have an optimistic attitude. They are zealous & conscientious. More Numerology