Matvii
Barely given in Poland a decade ago, it climbed fast in the 2020s and now goes to a couple hundred newborn boys a year, carried mostly by Ukrainian families. The root is Hebrew, a form of Matthew meaning "gift of God".
Matvii Pronunciation
What Matvii means
Where Matvii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Matvii comes from Hebrew, from the name Mattityahu, which means gift of God. The same root gave Poland its Mateusz and English its Matthew. Ukrainian speakers reshaped it into Matvii, and among Ukrainian families that form holds its firmest ground.
The oldest bearer stands at the start of the New Testament. Matthew the evangelist, a tax collector before he followed Jesus, lent his name to the first gospel. A boy called Matvii joins that long line of Matthews while keeping a sound of his own.
Cross into Poland and the name travels with the families who use it. On an official form at the urząd, in the box for a first name, Matvii now sits near the Polish Mateusz. Two shapes of one word. Both go back to the Hebrew promise that a child is a gift of God.
How many people are named Matvii
1 in 2643 men in Poland is named Matvii. 8,082 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #398 among male names.
Matvii's popularity over time
195 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #188 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2011.
Where parents choose Matvii
Matvii is most popular in Lower Silesian, 88% above the national average (97 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+51%) and Masovian (+49%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Subcarpathian, 91% and 72% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian
+88%1 in 1,620 babies
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Greater Poland
+51%1 in 2,012 babies
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Masovian
+49%1 in 2,036 babies
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Podlaskie
−91%1 in 32,893 babies
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Subcarpathian
−72%1 in 10,960 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−69%1 in 9,944 babies
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Lower Silesian+88% 97 born1 in 1,620 babies+88%
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Greater Poland+51% 107 born1 in 2,012 babies+51%
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Masovian+49% 174 born1 in 2,036 babies+49%
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Łódź+42% 59 born1 in 2,148 babies+42%
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West Pomeranian+30% 36 born1 in 2,345 babies+30%
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Lubusz+4% 17 born1 in 2,921 babies+4%
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Silesian+4% 78 born1 in 2,918 babies+4%
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Pomeranian−7% 45 born1 in 3,274 babies−7%
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Opole−14% 13 born1 in 3,546 babies−14%
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Lesser Poland−53% 35 born1 in 6,483 babies−53%
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Holy Cross−62% 7 born1 in 7,919 babies−62%
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Warmian-Masurian−66% 8 born1 in 8,974 babies−66%
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Lublin−67% 11 born1 in 9,334 babies−67%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−69% 11 born1 in 9,944 babies−69%
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Subcarpathian−72% 11 born1 in 10,960 babies−72%
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Podlaskie−91% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−91%
Matvii as a middle name
Matvii is a first name for 8,082 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3617th, between Matan (8) and Mazin (8).
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#3615 Malachiasz8
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#3616 Matan8
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#3617 Matvii8
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#3618 Mazin8
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#3619 Menashe8