Mate
Male#143 most common in Croatia7,195 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Gift of God
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Mate
Croatian short form of Matej (Matthew), especially common in Dalmatia.
Popularity with newborns
Mate has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
7,195 people in Croatia are called Mate, according to the 2021 census. That is #143 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Mate is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaLičko-senjskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
Notable people called Mate
- Mate Parlov — Croatian boxer, Olympic and world champion
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.