Mathew
From the Hebrew for "gift of God," carried here in its English spelling. Just 147 men in Poland hold it, so most people will never meet a Mathew.
Mathew Pronunciation
What Mathew means
Where Mathew comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mathew is the English spelling with a single t, a lighter form of Matthew. The source is Hebrew, Mattityahu, which joins a word for gift to the name of God. So the meaning lands as gift of God. The double-t Matthew became the standard in English, while Mathew held on as the rarer cousin.
The apostle sealed the name's reach. Matthew the tax collector became an evangelist, and the first Gospel bears his name. Through him the name crossed Europe as the Latin Matthaeus, which gave Poland its Mateusz and Maciej.
A boy called Mathew in Poland carries a spelling that looks imported. On an official form at the urząd the clerk might pause at the single t, being used to Mateusz. His name-day still falls on 21 September, the feast of Saint Matthew the Evangelist.
Short. The meaning has never drifted. Mathew still says gift of God.
How many people are named Mathew
1 in 145212 men in Poland is named Mathew. 147 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2677 among male names.
Mathew's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Mathew as a middle name
Mathew is a first name for 147 men in Poland and a middle name for another 99, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 715th, between Brayan (99) and Rahman (99).
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#713 Shlomo100
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#714 Brayan99
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#715 Mathew99
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#716 Rahman99
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#717 Anders98