Mattew
Meaning of Mattew
Mattew, a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, constitutes a variant orthography of Matthew, itself derived from the Hebrew Matityahu, meaning “gift of Yahweh.” Transmitted through the Greek Matthaios and the Latin Matheus into the English lexicon, the name achieved prominence in early Christian tradition through the apostle and evangelist credited with authoring one of the canonical Gospels, thereby embedding itself within the fabric of Anglo-American religious and literary heritage. Although the variant Mattew appears with lower frequency in contemporary naming registries than its more common counterpart, it nonetheless retains identical phonological characteristics—pronounced in English as MAT-yoo (/ˈmæt.ju/)—and equivalent semantic depth. Statistical data compiled by the United States Social Security Administration across the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries illustrate a variable, though consistently modest, presence in the male birth cohort, culminating in a 918th-ranked position in 2024 with six recorded occurrences, a testament to its enduring, if understated, appeal within both ecclesiastical and secular contexts.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as MAT-yoo (/ˈmæt.ju/)
British English
- Pronunced as MAT-yoo (/ˈmat.ju/)
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