Matvey

  • [ maht-VYAY ]
  • Russian
Russian form of MATTHEW.

MATTHEW   male   English, Biblical
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH". Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector, and supposedly the author of the first gospel in the New Testament. He is considered a saint in many Christian traditions. The variant Matthias also occurs in the New Testament belonging to a separate apostle. The name appears in the Old Testament as Mattithiah.

As an English name, Matthew has been in use since the Middle Ages. A notable bearer was the American naval officer Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858), who led a delegation to Japan. A famous modern bearer is American actor Matthew McConaughey (1969-).
YAHWEH   male   Theology
A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become".
EQUIVALENTS
BASQUE: Matia
BIBLICAL GREEK: Matthaios, Matthias
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Mattithyahu, Mattityahu
BIBLICAL LATIN: Mattheus, Matthias
BIBLICAL: Matthew, Matthias, Mattithiah
BULGARIAN: Matey
CATALAN: Mateu
CROATIAN: Matej, Mateo, Matija
CZECH: Matěj, Matouš, Matyáš
DANISH: Mathias, Matthias
DUTCH: Matthias, Matthijs
ENGLISH: Mathew, Matthew
FINNISH: Matias, Matti
FRENCH: Matéo, Mathéo, Mathias, Mathieu, Mathis, Mathys, Matthias, Matthieu
GEORGIAN: Mate
GERMAN: Mathias, Mathis, Matthäus, Matthias, Mattias
GREEK: Matthias
HAWAIIAN: Makaio
HEBREW: Mattityahu
HUNGARIAN: Máté, Mátyás
IRISH: Maitiú
ITALIAN: Matteo, Mattia
LITHUANIAN: Matas
MACEDONIAN: Matej
NORWEGIAN: Mathias, Matteus, Matthias
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Matthei, Matthia
POLISH: Maciej, Mateusz
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Matheus
PORTUGUESE: Mateus, Matias
ROMANIAN: Matei
RUSSIAN: Matfey, Matvei
SERBIAN: Mateja, Matija
SLOVAK: Matej, Matúš
SLOVENE: Matej, Matevž, Matic, Matija, Matjaž
SPANISH: Mateo, Matías
SWEDISH: Mathias, Matteus, Matthias, Mattias
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Mate, Matko, Mato
DANISH: Mads
DUTCH: Thijs, Ties
ENGLISH: Mat, Matt, Mattie, Matty
NORWEGIAN: Mats
RUSSIAN: Motya
SLOVENE: Tjaž
SWEDISH: Mats
FEMININE FORMS
CROATIAN: Matea, Mateja
ITALIAN: Mattea
SLOVENE: Mateja
OTHER FORMS
THEOLOGY: Yahweh