Mateja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-TEH-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Mateja is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Mateja mean?
Hebrew: Slovene and Croatian feminine of Matej (Matthew)
“gift of God”
Is Mateja a girl's or a boy's name?
Mateja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mateja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Mateja, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mateja than any year since 2018.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Mateja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
Names like Mateja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maryam, Raya, Anaya, Anvika, Khadija, Amara, Aisha, Prisha, Amira, Maya, Liyana, Mahira
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mateja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mateja, updated 20 October 2026.