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Meaning of the nameMateo

Mateo is a spelling of the name Matteo, which means “gift of God”.

Meaning

“gift of God”

Meaning of the name Matteo, of which Mateo is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Mateo · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus · Behind the Name: Matthew

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People (2022)
1,840
Rank in Brazil
#5,408
Median age
3 years
2010 Census
259
people

Mateo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mateo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (1,051 people).

0 women 1,821 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Mateo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Mateo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.002%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6740.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2360.002%
Santa Catarina1600.002%
Paraná1450.001%
Rio de Janeiro1330.001%
Minas Gerais690.000%
Bahia410.000%
Amazonas360.001%
Distrito Federal350.001%
Ceará300.000%
Goiás300.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%
Mato Grosso290.001%
Roraima280.004%
Pernambuco240.000%
Pará230.000%
Espírito Santo220.001%
Maranhão190.000%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%
Alagoas150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Mateo

This is the Spanish spelling, with a single T. The records are concentrated from 2010 onward.

About the name Matteo

Wiktionary traces the Italian Matteo and the Spanish Mateo to the Latin Matthaeus, from the Greek Ματθαῖος, which comes from the Hebrew name Mattiṯyāhū, 'gift of the Lord'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), gives the same chain for Mateus and the meaning 'gift of god'. It is the biblical name of Matthew, of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,634 people named Matteo, with a median age of 1. Mateo is the spelling with a single T.

Other spellings of Matteo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Matteo6,634
Mateo1,840

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Mateo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Matteo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Matthew · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Mateo

What does the name Mateo mean?

Mateo means “gift of God”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Matteo, of which Mateo is a spelling.

How many people are named Mateo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,840 people with the first name Mateo, which ranks it number 5,408 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Mateo a boy's or a girl's name?

Mateo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,821 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Mateo?

Mateo is a name of Hebrew, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mateo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Mateo (236 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mateo?

Matteo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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