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 Matvii is most popular
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 Silesian97 boys born+88%
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Greater Poland107 boys born+51%
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Masovian174 boys born+49%
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Łódź59 boys born+42%
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West Pomeranian36 boys born+30%
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Lubusz17 boys born+4%
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Silesian78 boys born+4%
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Pomeranian45 boys born−7%
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Opole13 boys born−14%
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Lesser Poland35 boys born−53%
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Świętokrzyskie7 boys born−62%
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Warmian-Masurian8 boys born−66%
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Lublin11 boys born−67%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian11 boys born−69%
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Subcarpathian11 boys born−72%
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Podlaskie2 boys born−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
8Malachiasz
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3616
8Matan
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36178Matvii
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3618
8Mazin
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3619
8Menashe