Matea

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Матеа in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Matea is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name17K records spelled Matea8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mãtëá, Mateá, Matéa, Mătea

• French given name1.8K records spelled Matea6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Matéa, Matëa, Matèa, Matéä

• Romanian given name547 records spelled Matea6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Romania, Switzerland

  Also written Mătea, Matéa, Mâtea, Màtèà, Mațea

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Matea is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In tkl, to recognise

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 39 years between 1922–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Matea Čičab. 1985HRbadminton player
• Matea Mezakb. 1985HRCroatian female tennis player
• Matea Vrdoljakb. 1985HRCroatian basketball player (born 1985)
• Matea Ferkb. 1987HRCroatian alpine skier
• Matea Ikićb. 1989HRCroatian volleyball player
• Matea Parlovb. 1992HRlong distance runner from Croatia
• Matea Jelićb. 1997HRCroatian taekwondo practitioner
• Matea Bošnjakb. 1997DECroatian association football player
• Matea Pletikosićb. 1998HRCroatian-Montenegrin handball player
• Matea Sumajstorčićb. 1999HRCroatian swimmer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 412 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Matea?

We estimate roughly 14 thousand people bear Matea (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Matea have the most bearers?

We estimate about 10.0 thousand people bear Matea in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled matea.

Where is Matea most common?

Matea is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 424 people carrying it.

How common is Matea compared with other names?

In Croatia, Matea is the 118th most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.

Is Matea a male or female name?

Matea is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Matea mean?

Recorded meaning: Regalo divino