Matteus
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, rare in this form. Normal given name forms: Mattias, Mathias, Mats.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Matteus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Matteus has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 20 |
| 2001 | 19 |
| 2002 | 22 |
| 2003 | 22 |
| 2004 | 30 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 32 |
| 2007 | 39 |
| 2008 | 36 |
| 2009 | 31 |
| 2010 | 30 |
| 2011 | 47 |
| 2012 | 45 |
| 2013 | 37 |
| 2014 | 38 |
| 2015 | 48 |
| 2016 | 46 |
| 2017 | 59 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 47 |
| 2020 | 54 |
| 2021 | 47 |
| 2022 | 50 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 120 |
| 2000 | 138 |
| 2001 | 157 |
| 2002 | 181 |
| 2003 | 203 |
| 2004 | 233 |
| 2005 | 265 |
| 2006 | 295 |
| 2007 | 334 |
| 2008 | 372 |
| 2009 | 406 |
| 2010 | 436 |
| 2011 | 485 |
| 2012 | 530 |
| 2013 | 565 |
| 2014 | 602 |
| 2015 | 650 |
| 2016 | 702 |
| 2017 | 760 |
| 2018 | 813 |
| 2019 | 858 |
| 2020 | 913 |
Matteus in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Matteus.Hi! My name is Matteus.
- Matteus har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Matteus has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Matteus kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Matteus is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Matteus mamma är lärare.Matteus's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Matteus mamma is Matteus's mum. Because Matteus already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Matteus
How do you pronounce Matteus in Swedish?
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What does the name Matteus mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, rare in this form. Normal given name forms: Mattias, Mathias, Mats.
How popular is Matteus in Sweden?
50 babies were named Matteus in 2022. In 2020, 913 people in Sweden had Matteus as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.