Mathew
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning gift of God; a spelling variant of Matthew.
How Mathew has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #477 |
| 2016 | #524 |
| 2017 | #552 |
| 2018 | #580 |
| 2019 | #670 |
| 2020 | #713 |
| 2021 | #783 |
| 2022 | #881 |
| 2023 | #894 |
| 2024 | #939 |
| 2025 | #975 |
Mathew by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Mathew. In the US, 499 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,174 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 990 American boys born that year was called Mathew.
Other names that come from Matthew
Like Mathew, each of these traces back to Matthew: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Matiasgift of god; a form of Matthew1,558 in the US (2017)
- Mattiegift of god; a form of Matthew or Matilda238 in the US (2017)
- Mateigift of god; Romanian form of Matthew109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mattgift of god; a form of Matthew71 in the US (2017)
- Mattisongift of god; a form of Matthew49 in the US (2017)
- Matheusgift of god; a form of Matthew8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mathieugift of God; French form of Matthew36 in the US (2017)
- Mattoxgift of God; a form of Matthew36 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mathew. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Matheogift of god; a form of Matthew144 in the US (2017)
- Mattewgift of god; variant spelling of Matthew19 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Matteogift of god; Italian form of Matthew2,071 in the US (2017)
- Mathisgift of God; a form of Matthew133 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Mathew, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Theogift of God2,398 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Mathew, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mathew
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