Matheo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-TAY-oh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #750 for boys
Matheo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 750th for boys in the US (344 babies).
What does Matheo mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mateo, a form of Matthew
“gift of God”
A variant of Mateo or Matteo, the Spanish and Italian forms of Matthew, from the Hebrew Mattityahu.
Is Matheo a girl's or a boy's name?
Matheo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 344 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matheo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Matheo, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Matheo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 727 boys in the UK were given Matheo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Matheo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Matheo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #750among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 344about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 102% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 344 boys in the US were named Matheo, making it the 750th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,280th. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Matheo of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Matheo in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13,906 boys in the US were given Matheo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #750 for this spelling alone.
Matheo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | #750 |
| 2024 | 286 | #848 |
| 2023 | 271 | #868 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,320 |
| 2020 | 143 | #1,280 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,244 |
| 2017 | 144 | #1,264 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,467 |
| 2015 | 108 | #1,523 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 74 | #1,902 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Nicknames for Matheo
Names like Matheo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo Enzo Milo Elijah Elias Tobias Asher Albie Ezra Arlo Axel Marley
Other spellings of Matheo
Names related to Matheo
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elsie Levi Eliana
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, “Matheo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matheo, updated 20 October 2026.