Mattheus
Boy · ma-TAY-us · Hebrew
Mattheus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mattheus mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Matheus; Portuguese form of Matthew
“gift of God”
Portuguese form of Matthew, the apostle and former tax collector traditionally credited with the first Gospel.
- Say it
- ma-TAY-us
Meaning borrowed from Matheus.
Is Mattheus a girl's or a boy's name?
Mattheus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mattheus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Mattheus, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Mattheus in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were given Mattheus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,352, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Mattheus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Nicknames for Mattheus
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mattheus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mathias Mateo Malachi Matias Elias Messiah Eliel Maximus Elijah Josiah Adriel Axel
Other spellings of Mattheus
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