Mathew

Mathew is an English given name derived from the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning gift of Yahweh, combining the elements mattan (gift) and Yah (a shortened form of the divine name). It is a simplified spelling variant of Matthew, the name borne by one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and the traditional author of the first Gospel, which helped establish the name's widespread use across Christian Europe. The standard English form Matthew, along with cognates such as Matteo, Matthias, Mateo, and Matyas, spread throughout the Western world largely through biblical influence.