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Meaning of name Mathew

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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.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Mathew is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Matthew. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Matthew.

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 chap

In one word, you might describe Mathew as a(n) "traditional" person.

See other "traditional" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Matthew for names of some famous persons with the name Mathew or Matthew (or their variants).
Michael (2)
Matthew (4)
Mason (52)
Marcus (114)
Maxwell (133)
Micah (172)
Mario (174)
Mitchell (191)
Martin (197)
Malachi (200)
Marton
Maleak
Malyk
Mytchel
Maxy
Myllten
Mahmound
Merwine
Marlynn
Martino
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