Matthew

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Matthew m. Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ 'gift of the Lord', Hellenicized as first as Ματταθίας and then shortened to Ματθαῖος.

The name of one of the twelve apostles, one of the four evangelists, and a 15th C king of Hungary and Bohemia. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Matheu.

By the end of the Middle Ages, Matthew and Matthias were considered distinct names, despite their shared origin.

Mahé is a typical western French spelling, while Mahieu is more typical of Normandy and Picardy.

Brabant

Latin: ● 1312 Mathie (gen) JeanIII p. 15

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1348 Mathie (dat) chlumecky 9; 1349 Mathia (abl) ibid. 51, Mathias (nom) ibid. 25; 1353 Mathei (gen) ibid. 117, Matheo (abl) ibid. 60, Mathias (nom) ibid. 72, Matiey (nom) ibid. 99, Matyey (nom) ibid. 47, p. 23; 1355 Mathie (dat) ibid. 111, Mathya (acc) ibid. 94, Mathye (gen) ibid. 94; 1356 Mathie (dat) ibid. 178, p. 29

England

Latin: ● 1189 Matheus (nom) GASurv p. 90; 1297 Matheus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 1; 1381 Matheum (acc) Suffolk1381 p. 114
English: ● 1530 Mathew LIWill-III p. 84, Mathewe ibid. p. 70; 1541 Mathew BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Matthew ibid. p. 3; 1543 Mathew ibid. p. 3; 1545 Mathew ibid. p. 5; 1546 Matthew DEmar-vol1 p. 79; 1551 Mathew BarnstapleBap p. 7; 1553 Mathew ibid. p. 8; 1554 Mathew ibid. p. 8; 1555 Mathew ibid. p. 9; 1557 Mathew ibid. p. 10; 1560 Mathew ibid. p. 10; 1561 Mathew Redruth-Co p. 6; 1564 Mathew OrpingtonKe p. 2; 1565 Mathew StAnthonlin p. 17; 1567 Mathewe BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1568 Mathew StAnthonlin p. 19; 1571 Mathew ibid. p. 21; 1574 Mathew DEmar-vol1 p. 83; 1578 Mathew OrpingtonKe p. 5; 1580 Mathewe BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1581 Mathewe OrpingtonKe p. 6; 1583 Mathew ibid. p. 6; 1588 Mathew ibid. p. 8, Matthew DEmar-vol2 p. 15; 1589 Matthew ibid. p. 19; 1592 Mathew DEmar-vol1 p. 86, Mathias BEmar-vol1 p. 15; 1593 Mathewe OrpingtonKe p. 76, Matthew COmar-vol2 p. 24, DEmar-vol2 p. 26; 1594 Matthew BUmar-vol9 p. 8; 1595 Matthew DEmar-vol2 p. 31; 1596 Matthew ibid. p. 33; 1597 Mathew DEmar-vol1 p. 87, Mathewe BEmar-vol1 p. 17, BEmar-vol2 p. 4; 1598 Mathew DEmar-vol1 p. 87, Matthew DEmar-vol2 p. 39; 1599 Matthew BEmar-vol2 p. 31, COmar-vol2 p. 73

Estonia

Middle Low German: ● 1379 Mathias BbRT p. 336; 1383 Mathias ibid. p. 337; 1396 Mathias ibid. p. 341; 1405 Mathias ibid. p. 344; 1415 Mathias ibid. p. 347; 1434 Mattyies ibid. p. 356; ◑ 1409 Thewes BbRT p. 345; 1592 Matt Tiik1977 p. 286, Matz ibid. p. 285, Maz ibid. p. 285, Thies ibid. p. 287

France

Latin: ● a1114 Matheus (nom) CartStPC XXXI; 1130 Matheus (nom) ibid. VIII; 1132 Matheus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 5; 1143x1146 Matheus (nom) ibid. 12; 1147 Matheus (nom) ibid. 15; 1158 Matheus (nom) ibid. 33; 1163 Mathei (gen) ibid. 100; 1163–64 Matheus (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Matheus (nom) ibid. 120; 1190 Matheus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CII; 1193 Matheo (dat) ibid. CXLIX; 1217 Matheus (nom) ibid. XXXI; 1238 Mathei (gen) ibid. CXLV; 1241 Mathei (gen) ibid. XXIX, Matheus (nom) ibid. XXIX; 1257 Matheus (nom) ArrestReg-volI VIII, St. Martin; 1258 Matheus (nom) ibid. VII, Candlemas; 1260 Matheum (acc) ibid. III, St. Martin, Matheus (nom) ibid. XV, St. Martin; 1261 Matheo (abl) ibid. IV, BMV, Matheus (nom) ibid. IV, BMV; 1301 Mathei (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 220, Matheo (abl) ibid. p. 176, Matheum (acc) ibid. p. 212, Matheus (nom) ibid. p. 176, Mathias (nom) ibid. p. 199; 1378 Mathei (gen) hanquetvol1 178, Matheo (dat) ibid. 14, Matheum (acc) ibid. 988, Matheus (nom) ibid. 545, Mathias (nom) ibid. 1841, Mathie (gen) ibid. 733; 1564 Matheus FlorLyon p. 172
Old French: ● 1296 Mahi paris1296 p. 3; 1301 Mahieu (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234, Mahieus (nom) ibid. p. 276, Mahiex (nom) ibid. p. 271, Maihieu (obl) ibid. p. 276, Mathieu (obl) ibid. p. 233; 1313 Mahi Paris1313 p. 31, Mahy ibid. p. 23; ◑ 1313 Mahiet Paris1313 p. 57
Middle French: ● 1368 Mathieu beauchet-vol1 p. 14; 1388 Mahieu thierry; 1392 Mahieu MemBret-II col. 599; 1418 Mahieu HGParis p. 376, Mathieu ibid. p. 378; 1421 Mahieu favier 859, Mathieu ibid. 310, Mathé ibid. p. 164; ◑ 1418 Mahiet HGParis p. 373; 1421 Mahiet favier 142, Mathelin ibid. 449; 1423 Mahiet ibid. 458, Mathelin ibid. 218; 1438 Mahiet ibid. 257

Germany

Latin: ● 1174 Matheus (nom) quix-vol1 32; 1197 Matheus (nom) hennes-vol1 1, Mattheus (nom) ibid. 2; 1198 Matheus (nom) ibid. 3; 1401 Matheo (dat) HD1401 no. 2, Mathye (dat) ibid. no. 21
Early New High German: ● 1401 Matheis (nom) mairhofer DCLXIX; 1497 Mates Nurn1497 269, Mathes ibid. p. 2

Italy

Latin: ● 1265x1339 Mafei (gen) BBC-Berg 138, Mafey (gen) ibid. 247; 1285 Mafei (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157, Mathei (gen) ibid. p. 159; 1324 Mactheus (nom) DSF p. 47, 3726; 1326 Mathei (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 446, Matheus (nom) ibid. no. 446, Mathia (abl) ibid. no. 427; 1348 Macii (gen) INP 18, Macius (nom) ibid. 23, Macthei (gen) ibid. 3, Mactheo (dat) ibid. 26; 1522x1532 Machtius (nom) DSF p. 52, 29, Macteus (nom) ibid. p. 53, 37, Mactius (nom) ibid. p. 58, 35, Maffeo (abl) ibid. p. 51, 23, Matheus (nom) ibid. p. 54, 58; 1527 Mattej (gen) Rome1527 p. 89, Matthei (gen) ibid. p. 85, Mattheo (abl) ibid. p. 83, Mattheus (nom) ibid. p. 86; ◑ 1285 Mathioli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 159; 1326 Mathiussio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 422, Mathiussium (acc) ibid. no. 426; 1348 Mactheolus (nom) INP 24, Macthocius (nom) ibid. 3; 1522x1532 Mactiellus (nom) DSF p. 56, 2

Latvia

Latin: ◑ 1289 Mathe (nom) RigSB 222
Middle Low German: ● 1463 Mathias Arbusow p. 99; 1508 Mathais Mettig1892 p. 5; 1512 Mathias ibid. p. 5; 1514 Mathies ibid. p. 11; 1524 Matthias Arbusow p. 99; 1561 Mattis Arbuzov1920 p. 46; ◑ 1523 Mattis Mettig1892 p. 4, Mattys Arbusow p. 100; 1524 Mattys ibid. p. 99; 1532 Mattz ibid. p. 97; 1545 Mattis ibid. p. 99; 1565x1577 Matz ibid. p. 98; 1573 Matz Arbuzov1920 p. 47

The Netherlands

Dutch: ● 1560 Matthys MagMiddelburg-1560; 1573 Matthys ibid.; 1574 Matthys ibid.; 1575 Matthys ibid.; 1576 Matthys ibid.; 1577 Matthys ibid.

Scotland

Latin: ● 1376 Mathei (gen) morton-vol1 16, Matheo (dat) ibid. 16; 1392 Matheo (abl) CartLevenax p. 11

Spain

Latin: ● 1488 Matthiae (gen) carbonell p. 16; 1491 Matthei (gen) ibid. p. 52, Mattheus (nom) ibid. p. 52
Catalan: ● 1510 Matheu valencia1510 3192
Spanish: ● 1495 Mateu montalvo

Sweden

Latin: ● 1383 Mathias (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1908
Old Swedish: ● 1383 Mathis (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1943, Mathiussa (gen) ibid. no. 1915, Matiwssa (gen) ibid. no. 1934, Matthis ibid. no. 1944, Mattius ibid. no. 1922

Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Matthew". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Matthew.