Matei

Meaning and origin of Matei

Popularity of Matei in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2021.
• Over recent years, Matei has been rising (+4.9% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Matei every 34 schools, all spellings combined.

Matei in English-speaking countries

Matei ranks 300^th in Ireland, against 782^nd in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  300^th boys’ name41 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,752

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  309^th boys’ name431 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,917−8.9% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  767^th boys’ name7 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,562

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  37 babies in 3 years1 boy in 138,961

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Matei, Mateï, Matéi and Matéï are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Mateï15
• Matéi5
• Matéï5
• Mattei10
• Matheï10
• Matteï5
• Mattéï5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Matei

• Matisse
• Matis
• Moïse
• Manny
• Matthew
• Dany
• Izak
• Eliel
• Matys
• Isaak
• Lévy
• Zion

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin