Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : Gift of GodGerman : Gift of GodHebrew : God's gift Boy name variations Matai Matteo Matthäus Mateus Mateo Matthew Matthias Matias Matia Mattias Matze Mathew Mathias Mattieu Matheu Matyus Matthuas Mathern Mayhew Mattheson Matthieson Matthews Mattheus Mathe Mattison Massey Matty Mats Máté Mátyás Mathies Mathyes Family name origins & meanings English : from a short form of the personal name Matthew.German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias or Matthäus (see Matthew).German and Dutch : variant of Matte ‘meadow’. Famous people with this first name Matt Damon Matt Groening Matt Lauer Matt LeBlanc