Mathayus
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Mathayus by the numbers
Mathayus was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mathayus
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 Mathayus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mathyusgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)
- Matheusgift of god; a form of Matthew8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mathiusgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)
- Matthaisgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)
- Mattheusgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)
- Matthiusgift of God; a form of Matthew5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mathayus
Names that are said the same way as Mathayus, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Mathayus
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