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View Name: Matej


MATEJ
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
OTHER SCRIPTS: Матеј (Macedonian)
Meaning & History
Slovak form of MATTHIAS, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. Also the Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian form of MATTHEW, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.
Related Names
VARIANT: Matevž (Slovene)
DIMINUTIVES: Mate, Matko, Mato (Croatian)
FEMININE FORMS: Mateja (Slovene), Mateja (Croatian)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Matia (Basque), Matthew, Matthias (Biblical), Matthaios, Matthias (Biblical Greek), Mattityahu (Biblical Hebrew), Mattheus, Matthias (Biblical Latin), Mateu (Catalan), Matouš, Matěj (Czech), Mads, Mathias, Matthias (Danish), Matthias, Matthijs, Thijs, Ties (Dutch), Matthew, Mat, Mathew, Matt, Mattie, Matty (English), Matias, Matti (Finnish), Mathieu, Matthieu, Mathias, Mathis, Matthias (French), Matthäus, Mathias, Mathis, Matthias, Mattias (German), Matthias (Greek), Makaio (Hawaiian), Mattithyahu, Mattityahu (Hebrew), Máté, Mátyás (Hungarian), Maitiú (Irish), Matteo, Mattia (Italian), Matas (Lithuanian), Matteus, Mathias, Mats, Matthias (Norwegian), Mateusz, Maciej (Polish), Mateus, Matias (Portuguese), Matheus (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Matfey, Matvei, Matvey, Motya (Russian), Mateja, Matija (Serbian), Mateo, Matías (Spanish), Matteus, Mathias, Mats, Matthias, Mattias (Swedish)
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