Mattei

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Mattei is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname19K records spelled Mattei9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Matteï, Mattéi

• Spanish surname18K records spelled Mattei4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Italy

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mattéi, Matteï

• Italian surname5.9K records spelled Mattei4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Matteì, Matteï

• Czech given name3.8K records spelled Mattei101 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Croatia, Slovakia, Ukraine

  Languages: Czech, Croatian, Slovak

  Also written Matej, Matěj, Матей, Матеј, Matei

• a separate surname1.5K records spelled Mattei3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Matteï, Mattéi

• Polish surname95 records spelled Mattei2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Italy

  Also written Matteï

40 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●

Mattei is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, first-person singular preterite indicative of mattar

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

• In Italian, do nome hebraico Mattathyah, latinizado em Matthaeus; forma familiar Matthaei

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alessandro Matteib. 1744ITItalian cardinal (1744-1820)
• Stanislao Matteib. 1750ITItalian Conventual Franciscan, composer and music theorist
• Enrico Matteib. 1906ITItalian entrepreneur (1906-1962)
• Teresa Matteib. 1921ITItalian partisan and politician (1921-2013)
• Bruno Matteib. 1931ITItalian film director, film editor and screenwriter (1931–2007)
• Jean-François Matteib. 1943FRFrench politician and geneticist
• Janet Akyüz Matteib. 1943TRTurkish astronomer (1943–2004)
• Ugo Matteib. 1961ITItalian legal scholar
• Peter Matteib. 1965SESwedish operatic baritone
• Roberta Matteib. 1983ITItalian actor (born 1983)

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 · 43 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mattei?

We estimate roughly 6.3 thousand people bear Mattei (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Mattei have the most bearers?

We estimate about 2.8 thousand people bear Mattei in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Mattei most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mattei is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 27 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Mattei mean?

Recorded meaning: A surname from Italian [in turn originating as a patronymic] from Matteo (“Matthew”).