Mateusz
Nearly 380,000 Polish men carry it, yet it's fading fast among newborns: just over 600 boys last year, down from many thousands a generation ago. Slavic at root, the name means "gift of god".
Mateusz Pronunciation
Mateusz is pronounced mah-TE-oosh (/maˈtɛuʂ/).
What Mateusz means
Where Mateusz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The meaning came first, and it is plain: Mateusz means "gift of God," in Polish "dar boga." The calendar keeps a feast day for it, so the name arrives already attached to a date.
Mateusz belongs to Matthew, the tax collector who left his ledgers and became an evangelist. Over centuries the name settled fully into Polish speech and took this shape, Mateusz, with the softer Spanish and Italian variant Mateo living alongside it abroad. The meaning has not moved.
Every 21 September the name has its imieniny, the feast of Saint Matthew. A boy named Mateusz learns that date early, often before he can spell the surname printed beside it in the class register.
So ask any Mateusz what the name means. The answer stays short: dar boga, gift of God.
How many people are named Mateusz
1 in 57 men in Poland is named Mateusz. 377,352 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #25 among male names.
Mateusz's popularity over time
619 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #93 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #25 name among living men, even as it slips to #93 among newborns.
Where Mateusz is most popular
Mateusz is most popular in Podlaskie, 42% above the national average (395 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+35%) and Opole (+20%). It is least common in Lubusz and Świętokrzyskie, 33% and 25% below average respectively.
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Podlaskie395 boys born+42%
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Silesian1,295 boys born+35%
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Opole233 boys born+20%
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Łódź614 boys born+15%
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Lublin465 boys born+7%
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Masovian1,588 boys born+6%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian456 boys born−1%
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Lower Silesian638 boys born−4%
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Lesser Poland867 boys born−10%
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Pomeranian551 boys born−11%
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Warmian-Masurian263 boys born−13%
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Subcarpathian434 boys born−15%
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West Pomeranian298 boys born−16%
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Greater Poland714 boys born−21%
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Świętokrzyskie176 boys born−25%
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Lubusz141 boys born−33%
Mateusz as a middle name
Mateusz is a first name for 377,352 men in Poland and a middle name for another 121,294, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 27th, between Ryszard (123,670) and Henryk (118,587).
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25
125,250Jacek
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26
123,670Ryszard
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27121,294Mateusz
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28
118,587Henryk
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29
109,293Maciej
When Mateusz celebrates name day
Mateusz appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 21 September.