Matviei
From Greek, the name means "gift of god". A Ukrainian form still rare in Poland: most Poles have never met one, though a few boys have received it each of the last couple of years.
Matviei Pronunciation
What Matviei means
Where Matviei comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Matviei is the Ukrainian form of the name English speakers know as Matthew. It reached the Slavic world through Greek, where the form Matthaios gave it shape. In Ukrainian it is written Матвій. The sense handed down with it is gift of god, dar boga in Polish.
Behind the name stands Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve apostles, whose Gospel opens the New Testament. His feast falls on 21 September, which fixes the name-day for the related Latin Mateusz and keeps Matviei near the same autumn week. The Greek Matthaios itself reworks an older Hebrew name that means the same thing.
No diminutive or cross-gender form travels with it. The name stands on its own.
On a Polish class register since 2022, Matviei appears beside Mateusz, a Ukrainian spelling next to its Polish cousin. Both trace back to Matthaios, and both mean gift of god.
How many people are named Matviei
1 in 115385 men in Poland is named Matviei. 185 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2334 among male names.
Matviei's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1707 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.