♀ Name Matea

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Matea is a ♀ girl name.

Where does the name Matea come from?

Matea is a Slavic, especially Croatian female form of the boy’s name Matthew, which derived from the Hebrew name Mattitjahu (מַתִּתְיָהוּ).

What does the name Matea mean?

Matea means “gift of Yahweh” or “gift of God” (from Hebrew “mattath/מַתָּת” = gift + “yah/יָה” = referring to the Hebrew God).

Spellings of the name Matea

Matteo is currently one of the most popular boys’ first names in the West. The name Matea for girls, on the other hand, is relatively rare. Those who choose this name can choose between the spellings: Matea, Mathea, Mattea and Matthea. In addition to the name Matea, a suitable middle name can be given. Variants for this are: Matea Daphne, Matea Gia, Matea Jerusha, Matea Aimee, Matea Lauren and Matea Elissa.

Matea in the world of sports and elsewhere

• In sports, there are several women with the name Matea, including Matea Jelić, a Croatian taekwondo athlete born in 1997. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the 67 kg weight class at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
• Matea Pletikosić (born 1998) is a Croatian-Montenegrin handball player. She is part of the Montenegrin national team and has been involved in the 2020 European Championship, the 2021 World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, among others.
• Matea Gold is a national editor of the newspaper “The Washington Post”. Prior to her position of national editor in 2022, she worked as national political enterprise and investigations editor. Matea holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
• The American country singer and songwriter Kathy Mattea (born 1959) had her greatest hits in the 1980s and 1990s. She started her career in college as the singer of the Bluegrass-Band “Pennsboro”. Kathy Mattea continued with a solo career and released nineteen albums in total, with commercial success of at least a couple of singles. One of her most popular songs is “Walking Away a Winner” (1994), which managed to hit international charts. Mattea is now active as an environmental and motivational speaker.

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Variants of the name Matea

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Last updated: 10/8/2024