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Meaning of the nameMatheu

Matheu is a spelling of the name Mateu, which means “gift of God”.

Meaning

“gift of God”

Meaning of the name Mateu, of which Matheu is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mateus

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People (2022)
1,639
Rank in Brazil
#5,889
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
736
people

Matheu in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Matheu, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (573 people).

0 women 1,627 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 Matheu is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4810.001%
Rio de Janeiro1530.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1410.001%
Minas Gerais1290.001%
Paraná1150.001%
Santa Catarina900.001%
Bahia610.000%
Pernambuco530.001%
Goiás430.001%
Pará400.001%
Ceará400.001%
Mato Grosso380.001%
Distrito Federal330.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul310.001%
Maranhão270.000%
Amazonas240.001%
Espírito Santo240.001%
Rondônia220.001%
Rio Grande do Norte200.001%
Alagoas200.001%
Paraíba150.000%

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

The spelling Matheu

Keeps the TH of the Brazilian spelling Matheus and omits the final -s; it is the most used in the group in the 2022 Census.

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.

Other spellings of Mateu

SpellingPeople (2022)
Matheu1,639
Mateu1,548
Matteu1,045

Sources

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

Questions about the name Matheu

What does the name Matheu mean?

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

How many people are named Matheu in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,639 people with the first name Matheu, which ranks it number 5,889 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Matheu is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,627 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Matheu?

Matheu is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Matheu most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Matheu (141 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Matheu?

Mateu and Matteu. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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