Matthew is an English language masculine given name . It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name " מַתִּתְיָהוּ " ( Matityahu ) which means "Gift of Yahwe ".
3-405: Mathew is a masculine given name and a variant of Matthew . It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the given name include: Notable people with the surname include: Matthew (name) The Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ ( Matityahu ) was transliterated into Greek as Ματταθίας ( Mattathias ). It was subsequently shortened to Ματθαῖος ( Matthaios ); this
6-664: Is also used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Mathúin (meaning 'bear'). The name Matthew became popular during the Middle Ages in Northwest Europe , and has been very common throughout the English-speaking world . In Ireland , Matthew was ranked the 10th most popular male name in 2007. In 2008, it was ranked 15th, falling to 20th between 2009-2010, and then 24th between 2011-2012. In 2016, it
9-693: Was Latinised as Matthaeus , which became Matthew in English. The popularity of the name is due to Matthew the Apostle , one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew . Maiú and Maidiú were both a borrowing of the name Matthew among the Anglo-Normans settlers in Ireland . Maitiú is the most common Irish form of the name. Matthew
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