Meaning of the nameMatheus

Matheus is a spelling of the name Mateus, which means “gift of God”.

Meaning

“gift of God”

Meaning of the name Mateus, of which Matheus is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 652,373
Rank in Brazil: #24
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 350,434; people

Matheus in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Matheus, 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 (260,778 people).

4,451 women 647,922 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 Matheus is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	186,177	0.419%
Rio de Janeiro	72,157	0.449%
Minas Gerais	69,572	0.339%
Paraná	46,443	0.406%
Rio Grande do Sul	35,226	0.324%
Bahia	28,406	0.201%
Goiás	25,540	0.362%
Santa Catarina	25,357	0.333%
Pernambuco	23,161	0.256%
Pará	14,828	0.183%
Ceará	14,008	0.159%
Distrito Federal	12,072	0.429%
Mato Grosso	12,008	0.328%
Espírito Santo	11,837	0.309%
Mato Grosso do Sul	10,498	0.381%
Paraíba	10,202	0.257%
Maranhão	9,195	0.136%
Amazonas	8,759	0.222%
Rio Grande do Norte	7,435	0.225%
Alagoas	6,963	0.223%
Sergipe	5,353	0.242%
Piauí	4,968	0.152%
Rondônia	4,044	0.256%
Tocantins	4,033	0.267%
Amapá	1,474	0.201%
Acre	1,383	0.167%
Roraima	1,274	0.200%

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

The spelling Matheus

It keeps the TH of the Latin and Greek forms, without changing the pronunciation. It is the most common spelling in the group, and Behind the Name gives it as the Brazilian Portuguese form.

About the name Mateus

Wiktionary traces Mateus from Old Portuguese Mateus, Latin Matthaeus and Greek Ματθαῖος to Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu). The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), links the name to Hebrew Mattathiah, 'gift of God', and Behind the Name gives the roots mattaṯ and Yahweh. It is the name of the apostle Mateus in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 476,684 people named Mateus, with a median age of 19. Matheus, with TH, is the variant that Wiktionary and Behind the Name also record.

Other spellings of Mateus

Spelling	People (2022)
Matheus	652,373
Mateus	476,684

Sources

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

Questions about the name Matheus

What does the name Matheus mean?

Matheus means “gift of God”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Mateus, of which Matheus is a spelling.

How many people are named Matheus in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 652,373 people with the first name Matheus, which ranks it number 24 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Matheus is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 4,451 women and 647,922 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Matheus?

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

In which Brazilian state is Matheus most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.449% of the state's population is named Matheus (72,157 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Matheus?

Mateus. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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