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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Ukrainian : from the personal name Matey (see Matthew).
  • Americanized spelling of Czech Matěj or Slovak Matej.
  • French (eastern) : from a regional variant of the personal name Mathieu.
  • Possibly also Galician : a habitational name from Matey, a minor place in Lugo province, Galicia.

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