Matthew (name)
Matthew is a male first name and a family name.
Origin and Meaning
The name Matthew comes from the Bible and is a variant of the Hebrew name Matthias.
Variants
Well-known bearers of the name
First name
- Matthew ( Evangelist), Apostle and Evangelist
- Matthew Alber (1495-1570), German reformer
- Matthew of Angles (1667-1741), sculptor, painter and draftsman
- Matthew on the streets († 1363, Brixen ), Prince-Bishop
- Matthew I. (Beaumont ) (franz Mathieu, † 1155 ), Count of Beaumont- sur -Oise
- Matthew III. (Beaumont ) (franz Mathieu, † 1208), Count of Beaumont- sur -Oise and Count of Valois ( jure uxoris )
- Matthew of Boulogne (~ 1260 - ~ 1320), French clergyman and writer
- Matthew Crocinus (1580-1654), German painter
- Matthew Csák of Trenčín (* 1260, † 1321 ), rulers and nobles in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Matthew of Alsace (1137-1173), a French Count of Boulogne
- Matthäus Günther (1705-1788), German painter and graphic artist
- Matthew Hummel (1425-1477), founding principal of the Albert -Ludwigs- University of Freiburg
- Matthew of Cracow (1335-1410), scholastic theologian
- Matthew I. (Lorraine ) ( 1110-1176 ), Duke of Lorraine
- Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593-1650), Swiss- German engraver and publisher
- Matthew of Vendôme (franz: Mathieu de Vendôme, † 1286), Abbot of Saint- Denis and regent of France
Surname Matthew
- Anton Matthew I. (1564-1637), German jurist
- Anton Matthew II (1601-1654), German jurist
- Matthew Anton III. (1635-1710), Dutch jurist
- Matthew Anton IV (1672-1719), Dutch jurist
- Christopher Matthew (1608-1647), German rhetorician, historian, and physicians in the Netherlands
- Doris Matthäus (* 1963), German graphic designer for Games
- Hartmut Matthäus (* 1950), German classical archaeologist
- Hildegard Matthew ( born 1934 ), German politician (CDU )
- Ingrid Matthäus -Maier ( born 1945 ), German politician (FDP, SPD )
- Konrad Matthew (1519-1580), German jurist
- Konrad Matthew (1603-1639), German physician
- Liliana Matthäus ( born 1986 ), Ukrainian- German Model
- Lothar Matthäus (* 1961), German football player and coach
- Lotte Wolf- Matthew (1908-1979), German singer
- Philipp Matthäus (1554-1603), German jurist
- Philipp Matthäus (1621-1700), German physician and botanist
- Philipp Matthäus (1641-1690), Dutch physician