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Meaning & Origins
English form of the name of the Christian evangelist, author of the first gospel in the New Testament. His name is a form of the Hebrew name Mattathia, meaning ‘gift of God’, which is fairly common in the Old Testament, being rendered in the Authorized Version in a number of different forms: Mattan(i)ah, Mattatha(h), Mattithiah, Mattathias, and so on. In the Authorized Version, the evangelist is regularly referred to as Matthew, while the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot is distinguished as Matthias. A related name from the same Hebrew roots, but reversed, is Jonathan. Throughout the English-speaking world Matthew has been particularly popular since the 1970s.
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Americanized spelling of a Dutch patronymic from Coen or of German Kuntz. Compare Coons.
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Nicknames & variations
Matt, Mat, Mathew, Matty, Mathieu
Council, Countryman, Counterman, Counce, Counter, Counihan, Counsell, Councilman, Coontz, Councill
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