Mateusz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-TEH-oosh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Mateusz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Mateusz mean?
Hebrew: Polish form of Matthew
“gift of God”
Polish form of Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu.
Is Mateusz a girl's or a boy's name?
Mateusz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mateusz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Mateusz, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 236 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mateusz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Mateusz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 45 | #782 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 83 | #530 |
| 2016 | 91 | #497 |
| 2015 | 81 | #535 |
| 2014 | 117 | #397 |
| 2013 | 136 | #350 |
| 2012 | 153 | #333 |
| 2011 | 190 | #279 |
| 2010 | 227 | #242 |
| 2009 | 236 | #225 |
| 2008 | 214 | #242 |
| 2007 | 133 | #321 |
| 2006 | 75 | #474 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Mateusz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Mateusz, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more boys named Mateusz than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Mateusz in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mateusz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Mateusz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Malachi, Noah, Isaiah, Zachary, Matteo, Mason, Gabriel, Caleb, Musa
Names related to Mateusz
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mateusz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mateusz, updated 20 October 2026.