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Matthew (name)

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Matthew
Gender	Male
Meaning	"Gift of Yahweh"
Origin	Hebrew
Related names	Mathew, Matt
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Matthew

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Matthew (pronounced /ˈmæθjuː/) is the standard English form of the New Testament name Μαθθαιος (Matthaios; in the Roman transliteration, two consecutive thetas are realized as "tth"), a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic diminutive מתי (Mattay, Maty). From Latin Matthæus, the English spelling Matthew (earlier Matheu) comes directly from the French Matthieu. Ultimately derived from the Hebrew name מתתיהו (Matatyahu, Mattathias) or מתיתיהו (Matityahu, Mattithiah), Matthew means "gift of Yahweh". The Hebrew name is also spelled מתניהו (Matanyahu, Mattaniah). Related names include נתניהו (Netanyahu, Nethaniah), and with swapped syllables יהונתן (Yehonatan, Jonathan). The name is translated from Hebrew meaning gift of the lord. A common name in the East, it is traditionally spelled "Matthew" in English, but sometimes "Mathew", and even as the Muslim name Mathyu. Matt is the most common hypocoristic form of the name in English. "Matthew" can also be a middle name, and the English surnames Matthews, Mathis, Mathewson, and Mattison are among many family names derived from it. Whilst in English this is a single name space for most non-English languages this splits up into two separate name spaces. For example in Spanish there is one name space around Matías and a second namespace around Mateo. The small but important difference here is the "i" letter in contrast to the "e" letter, often pronounced more like an English "a" or Latin "ae". In German the splitting is based upon Matthias for the first space and Matthäus for the second space.