Mateo
Male#100 most common in Croatia9,578 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Gift of God
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Mateo
The romance form of Matej (Matthew), from Hebrew 'gift of God'. A fashionable modern name along the Croatian coast and beyond.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- September 21 (sv. Matej)
Popularity with newborns
- Boys · 2025 · 335 births · #10 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
9,578 people in Croatia are called Mateo, according to the 2021 census. That is #100 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Mateo is recorded in every Croatian county.
Notable people called Mateo
- Mateo Kovačić — Footballer for Croatia and Manchester City
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.