Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : Gift of God Boy name variations Matai Matteo Matthäus Mateus Mateo Matthew Matthias Matias Matia Mattias Matze Mathew Mathias Mattieu Matheu Matyus Matthuas Mathern Mayhew Mattheson Matthieson Mattheus Mathe Mattison Massey Matt Matty Mats Máté Mátyás How Popular Is The Name Matthews Family name origins & meanings English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon. Famous people with this last name Dave Matthews