Mateo

Where Mateo comes from

From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mateo
  • Spanish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,205 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Mateo Kovačić born
    Croatian association football player
  3. 1999
    Mateo Retegui born
    Italian association football player
  4. 2023
    Peak, #6
    11,293 babies named Mateo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Mateo Kovačić · Croatian association football player, born 1994
  • Mateo Retegui · Italian association football player, born 1999
  • Mateo Alemán · novelist, writer, 1547–1614
  • Mateo Musacchio · Argentine footballer, born 1990
  • Mateo Chávez · Mexican footballer, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.