Meaning 
The name Mathew has the following meaning: One who is a gift from God. The name of one of the four sypnoptic gospels (ie: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity 
As a baby boy name, Mathew is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 273 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Mathew fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 10 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 382 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Mathew in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Mathew and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Mathew: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Emmanuel, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Moses, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Abigail, Dara, Datya, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit
Variants 
The name Mathew is a variant of Matthew. Other popular variants of the name Matthew are: Mads (Danish), Maitias (Irish Gaelic), Maitiu (Irish Gaelic), Mata (Scottish Gaelic), Matai, Matek, Mateu (Catalan), Mateus (Portuguese), Matfei, Matha (Scottish Gaelic), Mathe, Matheson, Mathew, Mathian, Mathias (Greek), Mathies (Danish), Mathieson, Matias, Matro, Mats (Swedish), Mattaus (German), Matthaeus, Matthaios, Matthaus, Mattheus, Matthews, Matthijs (Dutch), Mattia, Matvey, Matyas, Mayhew
Style 
We think the name Mathew should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Mathew to be: Cute, strong and traditional chapIn one word, you might describe Mathew as a(n) " traditional" person. See other "traditional" names for boys.
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