Meaning of the nameMateu
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- Ma-teu
- Biblical name
Mateu is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a form of the biblical name Matthew, meaning 'gift of God'.
- People (2022)
- 1,548
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,117
- Median age
- 3 years
- 2010 Census
- 910
- people
Mateu in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Mateu, 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 (800 people).
0 women 1,535 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 Mateu is most common
States with the highest share of people named Mateu in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 429 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 164 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 125 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 108 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 103 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 100 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 74 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 71 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 42 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 41 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 31 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 29 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 27 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 23 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 19 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Mateu
Mateu is the Catalan and Galician form of the name of the apostle Mateus, which Wiktionary records as equivalent to Matthew. That name comes from Greek Matthaios, through Latin Matthaeus, and from Hebrew Mattithiah; Behind the Name gives the Hebrew elements as mattaṯ and Yahweh, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), translates the Hebrew Mattathiah as 'gift of God'. The spellings Mateu, Matheu and Matteu appear without the final -s of Mateus. Matheu follows the TH of Matheus and Matteu the double T of Matteo.
Simple spelling, without H and with a single T; in the 2022 Census the peak of births is in 2020 to 2022.
Other spellings of Mateu
Sources
- Wiktionary: Mateu · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Mateus · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Matthew · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Questions about the name Mateu
What does the name Mateu mean?
Mateu means “gift of God”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Mateu in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,548 people with the first name Mateu, which ranks it number 6,117 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Mateu a boy's or a girl's name?
Mateu is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,535 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Mateu?
Mateu is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Mateu most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Mateu (125 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Mateu?
Matheu and Matteu. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
Names that also mean gift
See all- Mateus♂Gift of God476,684 people
- Natan♂'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan72,049 people
- Natanael♂'God has given'68,960 people
- Jônatas♂Yahweh gave57,284 people
- Jonatan♂'Yahweh gave' (God gave), from Hebrew48,324 people
- Matias♂Gift of God22,897 people
- Teodoro♂Gift of god11,288 people
- Matteo♂Gift of God6,634 people
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