Matviy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mat-VEE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Matviy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Matviy mean?
Hebrew: Ukrainian form of Matthew
“gift of God”
Matviy is the Ukrainian form of Matthew, the apostle and Gospel writer.
Is Matviy a girl's or a boy's name?
Matviy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matviy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Matviy, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Matviy of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Matviy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Matvii 18
- Matviy 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Matviy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
Names like Matviy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Ivaan, Shivansh, Krishiv, Gurbaaz, Avyaan, Aarav, Manvik, Shivay, Advik, Vihaan, Aviraj
Other spellings of Matviy
Names related to Matviy
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, “Matviy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matviy, updated 20 October 2026.