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Matheus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl - and en pt Matheus.
Proper noun
es
en patronymics.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Matheus is the 34185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Matheus is most common among White (62.05%) and Hispanic/Latino (26.05%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aehmstu Shumate amuseth humates setumah
en surnames from Dutch surnames from Portuguese
Dutch
Proper noun
m
nl Matteüs
Old English
Etymology
From ang la Matthaeus.
Pronunciation
Ma-tēus
Proper noun
Mathēus m
Matthew the apostle
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
ang Æfter þyssere sprǣċe cōmon ðā drȳmen, and hæfdon him mid tweġen ormǣte dracan, ðǣra orðung ācwealde þæt earme mennisċ: ac sē apostol Matheus þā dracan ġeswefode, and siððan of ðām lande adrǣfde, swā þæt hī næfre siððan þǣr ġesewene nǣron. After this speech came the sorcerers, who had two enormous dragons which them, whose breath killed that poor man: but the apostle Matthew lulled the dragons to sleep, and then drove them from the land, so that they have never been seen there since.
Usage notes
This noun is declined as a first-declension Latin noun.
Declension
Mathēus Mathēum Mathēī Matheō
ang Biblical characters
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Mateus