Matviy
A Ukrainian name with a Hebrew root, "gift of god". It barely registered in Poland until the 2020s, when a wave of newborn boys arrived carrying it, though it stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Matviy Pronunciation
What Matviy means
Where Matviy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Matviy comes from the Hebrew name Mattityahu, which means gift of God. The same root gave the Greek Matthaios and, in Ukrainian usage, the form Matviy. In Poland the name reads as Ukrainian, a shape that traveled west with families and settled into school lists and parish records.
The gift of God, in Polish dar boga, sits inside the name as its plainest sense. Matthew the Evangelist carried the Hebrew original, and his Gospel opens the New Testament. So the name arrives already attached to a book that millions have read.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, Matviy written between a Mateusz and a Michał. The forms sit close, yet the Ukrainian spelling marks this one apart. It keeps its own vowels.
A boy named Matviy carries a Hebrew meaning under a Ukrainian coat. Dar boga, gift of God, is what the name has said from the start.
How many people are named Matviy
1 in 25292 men in Poland is named Matviy. 846 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1027 among male names.
Matviy's popularity over time
20 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #514 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.
Where parents choose Matviy
Matviy is most popular in Masovian, 114% above the national average (53 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+82%) and Greater Poland (+26%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 76% and 48% below average respectively.
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Masovian
+114%1 in 6,684 babies
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Lower Silesian
+82%1 in 7,857 babies
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Greater Poland
+26%1 in 11,329 babies
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Subcarpathian
−76%1 in 60,283 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−48%1 in 27,345 babies
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Łódź
−44%1 in 25,344 babies
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Masovian+114% 53 born1 in 6,684 babies+114%
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Lower Silesian+82% 20 born1 in 7,857 babies+82%
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Greater Poland+26% 19 born1 in 11,329 babies+26%
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West Pomeranian+19% 7 born1 in 12,061 babies+19%
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Pomeranian+17% 12 born1 in 12,277 babies+17%
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Opole−7% 3 born1 in 15,365 babies−7%
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Lubusz−14% 3 born1 in 16,552 babies−14%
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Lesser Poland−31% 11 born1 in 20,629 babies−31%
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Podlaskie−35% 3 born1 in 21,929 babies−35%
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Silesian−43% 9 born1 in 25,287 babies−43%
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Łódź−44% 5 born1 in 25,344 babies−44%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−48% 4 born1 in 27,345 babies−48%
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Subcarpathian−76% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−76%
Matviy as a middle name
Matviy is a first name for 846 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 8260th, between Matusz (2) and Matys (2).
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#8258 Matus2
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#8259 Matusz2
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#8260 Matviy2
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#8261 Matys2
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#8262 Matéo2