Matthew
MATH-yoo
A classic biblical name meaning “gift of the Lord.”
Meaning
Matthew comes through Greek and Latin from the Hebrew name Mattathiah / Mattathias, built from elements meaning “gift” and “Yahweh” or “the Lord.” In the Christian tradition, it came to mean “gift of the Lord,” a sense repeated in the 19th-century sources provided. The name was widely used in English in this biblical form.
Origin
HebrewGreekEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
The nickname Mat is a traditional short form of Matthew.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.