Mathew

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Matthew in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 15 more, Matteo in IT Italy, BR Brazil, ES Spain and 2 more, Mateusz in PL Poland, NO Norway and Matthieu in FR France, BE Belgium.

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 16 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◐

Mathew is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name311K records spelled Mathew38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written Matthew, Mathu, Mathieu, Maithyu, Meth

• Malayalam surname92K records spelled Mathew6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written മാത്യു, മാത്യൂ, മാതയ

• Spanish given name57K records spelled Mathew6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Ecuador, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Mathèw, Mäthew, Mãťhĕw

• a separate given name13K records spelled Mathew2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Tanzania, India

  Also written Måthèw

• French given name11K records spelled Mathew5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Mathèw, Måthêw, Måthew

74 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●

Mathew is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• variant spelling of Matthew. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A male given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage, variant of Matthew.

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

• In Irish, A family of repute of English origin. Fr. Theobald Mathew, of temperance fame, was of Thomastown in south Tipperary. Bibl

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

• In Welsh, The Gospel of Matthew

  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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Matthew Henryb. 1662GBnot in their usual nameTheologian from Wales; (1662-1714)
• Mathew B. Bradyb. 1822USAmerican photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)
• Bernie Leadonb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician
• Mathew Knowlesb. 1952USAmerican music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager
• Mathew St. Patrickb. 1969USAmerican actor
• Mathew Horneb. 1978GBEnglish actor
• Mathew Haymanb. 1978AUAustralian road bicycle racer
• Mathew Valenciab. 1983USAmerican actor
• Mathew Leckieb. 1991AUAustralian association football player
• Mathew Ryanb. 1992AUAustralian association football player

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 · 978 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mathew?

We estimate roughly 1.9 million people bear Mathew (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Mathew have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.3 million people bear Mathew in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled matthew.

Where is Mathew most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mathew is densest in Poland — about 1 in 101 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mathew compared with other names?

In the United States, Mathew is the 40th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Mathew a male or female name?

Mathew is a male 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 Mathew mean?

Recorded meaning: family of repute; known in Wales as the Mathews of Llandaff and Radyr