Matthew: Boys Baby Name Meaning

Matthew Baby Name

The meaning of the name Matthew is ‘gift’ or ‘gift of God’.

Matthew is an English name with a Hebrew origin, from the Hebrew Mattathyah meaning ‘gift of Yahweh’. 

Matthew’s popularity as a given name is owing to the Christian New Testament wherein Matthew is one of the four evangelists and the author of the first gospel (probably written in the 50s or 60s A.D.). 

Maiú and Maidiú are Irish forms of the name Matthew, and were brought to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans. Maitiú and Matha are the most common Irish variants of the name.

The name is also sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Mathúin, meaning bear.

Matthew has enjoyed widespread usage since the 12th century.

It was the Norman-French who introduced this name to the Anglo-Saxons after the Conquest of 1066.

Famous people who share the name Matthew:

Actors Matthew McConaughey. Matthew BroderickMatthew Macfadyen, Matthew Goode and Matthew Perry.

 

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