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Mathieu
Say it: mah-TYUH
Meaning
From Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A gospel name used since the Middle Ages and popular in the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 2,266 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 25,100 boys
- 37 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Matthieu
| English | Matthew |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Matthijs |
| Italian | Matteo |
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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