Origin and meaning of Matthew

Matthew
English
Male
Gift of God
Meaning&Origin
Matthew is a English boys name.
The meaning of the name is `Gift of God`.
Where is it used?
The name Matthew is mainly used in English and in the bible
How do they say it elsewhere?
Mats (In Swedish and in Norwegian)
Mateo (In Spanish)
Matjaz (In Slovene)
Matvei (In Russian)
Mateus (In Portuguese)
Mateusz (In Polish)
Maciej (In Polish)
Mattia (In Italian)
Matteo (In Italian)
Mátyás (In Hungarian)
Matthias (In Greek, English, German and in the bible)
Mathieu (In French)
Matthieu (In French)
Matias (In Finnish)
Matti (In Finnish)
May (In English)
Matilda (In English)
Mathew (In English)
Mads (In Danish)
Matej (In Czech, Slovak and in Slovene)
Mattithyahu (In the bible (Original))
If it's too long people might use:
In Hungarian: Máté
In English: Mavis
In English: Matt
In English: Mabel
In English: Mat
For the opposite sex use:
In Slovene and in Slovak: Mateja (F)
In English: Mae (F)
See also
In Russian: Motya
In German and in Scandinavian: Mathias
In German and in French: Mathis
In English: Matty (M)
In English: Mattie (B)
Extra info
From Old English.
Statistics
The name Matthew was given to 23706 babies in the USA in 2004. Matthew was the number 5 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 22458 babies making it the number 4 name that year.
-www.talkingbabies.com