Meaning  The name Matthew 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). This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name. Pronunciation The name Matthew is pronounced as math-you
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Matthew and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Matthew: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Emmanuel, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Moses, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Abigail, DaraVariants Popular Variants for the name Matthew: 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, MayhewNicknames Common nicknames for the name Matthew are: Matt
Style We think the name Matthew should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Matthew to be: Cute, strong and traditional chapIn one word, you might describe Matthew as a(n) " traditional" person. See other "traditional" names for boys and girls. Popularity As a baby boy name, Matthew is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 4 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Matthew fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 3 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 13 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Matthew in the USA, over the past 100 years.
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Meaning of name Matthew
