Matheus
A foreign spelling of Mateusz, Greek at root: "gift of god." Only about 128 men in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Matheus Pronunciation
What Matheus means
Where Matheus comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Matheus reached Poland through Greek. The Greek Matthaios reworked an older Hebrew name built from the word for a gift and a name of God, and the meaning handed down is plain: gift of god.
On a Polish class register you rarely find this spelling. You find Mateusz. That is the variant that settled into the language and took the local ending, while Matheus keeps the Latin form common in Portugal and Brazil.
Mateusz has a fixed place in the Polish calendar. The imieniny falls on 21 September, the feast of Matthew the Evangelist, whose Greek name is that same Matthaios. So a boy called Matheus and every Mateusz beside him share one Greek source and one meaning, gift of god.
How many people are named Matheus
1 in 166767 men in Poland is named Matheus. 128 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2944 among male names.
Matheus's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Matheus as a middle name
Matheus is a first name for 128 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22, an 85/15 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1871st, between Marley (22) and Michaël (22).
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#1869 Markos22
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#1870 Marley22
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#1871 Matheus22
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#1872 Michaël22
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#1873 Nazar22