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Mateus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Mateus

[ syll. ma-teu(s), mat-e-us ] The boy name Mateus is pronounced MahT-ahS KEY. Mateus' language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the Portuguese language. Mateus is a variation of Matthew (English).

Mateus is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Mateus, Matthew (English) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Mateus include Maddox (English), Madoc (Welsh), Madog (Welsh), Mandek (Polish), Matas (Lithuanian), Matek (Czech), Mateusz (Polish), Mathäus (German), Mathies (Scandinavian), Mathijs (Dutch), Mathis (French and German), Matjasz (Polish), Mattäus (German), Matteus (Scandinavian), Matthaeus (German), Matthaus (German), Matthäus (German), Mattheus (Dutch and German), Matthijs (Dutch), and Matus (Czech).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Mateus: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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