Matey
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Matey by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Matey.
What we can tell you about Matey
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Matey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Mateigift of god; Romanian form of Matthew109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mattygift of God; diminutive of Matthew3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matveygift of God; Russian form of Matthew6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mategift of god; a form of Matthew7 in the US (2017)
- Matejgift of god; a form of Matthew7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Matey
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