Mateo

From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew.

• IPA^(key): /məˈteɪoʊ/

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Mateo

1. a male given name from Spanish

• meato-

From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū).

Mateo

1. a male given name from Spanish
2. (biblical) Matthew, the apostle
3. the Gospel of Matthew

From Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

• IPA^(key): [maˈteo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: Ma‧te‧o

Mateo (accusative Mateon)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Matthew

• IPA^(key): /matěo/

Matèo m (Cyrillic spelling Матѐо)

1. a male given name

• “Mateo”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Borrowed from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”). Cognate with Spanish Matías and Matatías.

• IPA^(key): /maˈteo/ [maˈt̪e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Ma‧te‧o

Mateo m

1. Matthew, the apostle
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 3:18:

     Y á Andrés, y á Felipe, y á Bartolomé, y á Mateo, y á Tomás, y á Jacobo hijo de Alfeo, y á Tadeo, y á Simón el Cananita.

     And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

     (KJV)

2. a male given name
3. one of the Gospel books of the New Testament

• meato
• motea
• te amo

Borrowed from Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈteo/ [mɐˈt̪ɛː.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Ma‧te‧o

Mateo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜌᜓ)

1. (biblical) Matthew
2. Matthew, one of the four Gospels
3. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Matthew
4. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mateo is the 156^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 44,052 individuals.