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In all the world, ماثيوس (Mathews , Matthews , ماثيوس ) is a common masculine forename. The forename ماثيوس is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is quite a common boy's name, Namibia, and Botswana, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in South Africa, India, and the United States. More frequently, ماثيوس is the last name as well as the forename.
ماثيوس is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mathayus , the titular fictional character of the 2002 film The Scorpion King. and Matthews , the theatrical character in the play "Lord Byron".