Meaning & History
Hebrew word meaning "to give" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsMatevos (Armenian) Matia (Basque) Elnathan, Jehonathan, Jonathan, Mattan, Mattaniah, Matthan, Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah, Nathan, Nathanael, Nethanel, Nethaniah, Mattathias, Nathaniel, Nethaneel (Biblical) Ionathan, Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthan, Matthias, Nathan, Nathanael (Biblical Greek) 'Elnatan, Mattan, Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Natan, Netan'el, Netanyahu, Yehonatan, Yonatan (Biblical Hebrew) Natanaele (Biblical Italian) Ionathan, Matthan, Mattheus, Matthias, Nathan, Nathanahel (Biblical Latin) Jonatán (Biblical Spanish) Mahé, Mazhe (Breton) Matey, Natanail (Bulgarian) Mateu (Catalan) Matea, Matej, Mateja, Mateo, Matija (Croatian) Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš (Czech) Jonatan, Jonathan, Mathias (Danish) Jonathan, Mathijs, Matthias, Matthijs (Dutch) Nitta'i (Early Jewish) Johnathan, Johnathon, Jonathan, Jonathon, Maddison, Madison, Madisson, Madisyn, Madyson, Mathew, Matthew, Nathan, Nathaniel (English) Joonatan, Mattias (Estonian) Jónatan (Faroese) Joonatan, Matias, Matti (Finnish) Jonathan, Maé, Mahé, Matéo, Mathéo, Mathias, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthias, Matthieu, Nathan, Nathanaël, Mathis, Mathys, Matis (French) Mate (Georgian) Jonathan, Mathias, Matthias, Jonatan, Mathis, Matthäus, Mattis (German) Matthaios, Mattheos (Greek) Makaio (Hawaiian) Matan, Matityahu, Natan, Nathan, Netanel, Nitai, Yehonatan, Yonatan (Hebrew) Jonatán, Máté, Mátyás, Nátán (Hungarian) Jónatan, Matthías (Icelandic) Ionatán, Maitiú (Irish) Gionata, Mattea, Matteo, Mattia (Italian) Matīss, Matvejs (Latvian) Matas, Matėja, Motiejus (Lithuanian) Matej, Natanail (Macedonian) Jonatan, Jonathan, Mathea, Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattis (Norwegian) Jonatan, Maciej, Mateusz, Natan (Polish) Mateus, Matias, Natanael, Nataniel (Portuguese) Jônatas, Matheus (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Jónatas (Portuguese (European)) Matei (Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey (Russian) Mateja, Matija (Serbian) Matej, Matúš (Slovak) Matej, Mateja, Matevž, Matic, Matija, Matjaž (Slovene) Jonatan, Mateo, Matías, Natanael, Neithan, Neizan, Nataniel (Spanish) Jonatan, Jonathan, Matheo, Mathias, Matteus, Mattias, Mattis (Swedish) Matvii, Matviy (Ukrainian) Nosson (Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsMatevosian, Matevosyan (Armenian) Mateev, Mateeva (Bulgarian) Mateu (Catalan) Matić, Matijević (Croatian) Mathiasen, Matthiasen (Danish) Madison, Mathews, Mathewson, Matthews, Matthewson (English) Mattila (Finnish) Mathieu (French) Máté (Hungarian) Nathans, Nathanson (Jewish) Mathisen (Norwegian) Mateus (Portuguese) Matei (Romanian) Matveev, Matveeva, Matveyev, Matveyeva (Russian) Matheson, Mathieson (Scottish) Matijević (Serbian) Macías, Mateo, Mateos (Spanish)
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5414, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5414.
Entry updated May 26, 2026