Mathieu

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

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

• English given name128K records spelled Mathieu6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, Canada, United States, Belgium

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Mâthīēū, Mathieú, Mãthīęū

• Spanish given name23K records spelled Mathieu6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mãthieu, Màthieu, Máthíéu, Mathièu

• German given name15K records spelled Mathieu2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Canada, Austria, Belgium

  Also written Màthieu

• Polish given name1.9K records spelled Mathieu2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Canada, United States, Belgium

  Also written Mathieú

• Danish given name1.4K records spelled Mathieu7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Canada

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Măthįeu

76 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●

Mathieu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Hebrew Mattityahu via Latin Matthaeus, meaning 'gift of YHWH'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, French form of Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu, 'gift of Yahweh'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, from the personal name Mathieu, vernacular derivative of Latin Mathias or Matthaeus (see Matthew).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, du nom hébreu Mattiyyā́h, ‘don du Seigneur’.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du grec Matthaios, « don de Dieu »; forme française de Matthieu/Matthias.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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●

MQ INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) — 117 years between 1900–2019. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mathieu de Montmorency-Lavalb. 1767FRFrench statesman
• Mathieu Kérékoub. 1933BJpolitician (1933-2015)
• Mathieu Carrièreb. 1950DEGerman actor
• Mathieu Vadepiedb. 1963FRFrench cinematographer
• Mathieu Amalricb. 1965FRFrench actor and filmmaker
• Mathieu Kassovitzb. 1967FRFrench actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1967)
• Mathieu Demyb. 1972FRFrench actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
• Mathieu Valbuenab. 1984FRFrench footballer (born 1984)
• Mathieu Flaminib. 1984FRFrench footballer (born 1984)
• Mathieu Debuchyb. 1985FRFrench footballer (born 1985)

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 · 699 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mathieu?

We estimate roughly 156 thousand people bear Mathieu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Mathieu have the most bearers?

We estimate about 153 thousand people bear Mathieu in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mathieu.

How common is Mathieu compared with other names?

In France, Mathieu is the 107th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Mathieu a male or female name?

Mathieu 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 Mathieu mean?

Recorded meaning: From Hebrew Mattityahu, “gift of Yahweh”; feast day of Saint Matthew.