Matej
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Matej is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 62nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew.
- CZCzechia1 in 139(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 176
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 333
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Matej itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 156 (measured from records)
- 1 in 139 (inferred from the name graph)
77,038 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Matěj in CZ Czechia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Matej counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
77,038 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Matej is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dsb, second/third-person dual present of měś
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Czech form of MATTHEW . Pet forms: Máta, Matejek, Mat jí( e)k, Matou ek, Matys, Matýsek .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matthew of Alsaceb. 1137FRnot in their usual nameCount of Boulogne
- Matej Mavričb. 1979SISlovenian footballer
- Matej Jugb. 1980SIFootball referee
- Matej Tóthb. 1983SKSlovakian racewalker
- Matej Toninb. 1983SISlovenian politician
- Matej Beňušb. 1987SKCanoe slalom racer
- Matej Jonjićb. 1991HRCroatian association football player
- Matej Delačb. 1992HRCroatian footballer
- Matej Mitrovićb. 1993HRCroatian footballer
- Matej Mohoričb. 1994SISlovenian professional cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 13K | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 12K | #12 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 12K | #9 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 10K | #101 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 504 | #640 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 252 | #714 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 252 | #683 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — Najpogostejša imena in priimki (population register) | 2024 | 24 | — |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 6 | #3,678 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2019 | — | #196 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Matej?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 77,038 people named Matej, about 1 in 139 residents.
- How common is Matej compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Matej is the 62nd most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Matej have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 77 thousand people named Matej, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matěj.
- Where is Matej most common?
- Matej is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 139 people carrying it.
- What does the name Matej mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Matej a male or female name?
- Matej is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Matej?
- In the etymology graph, Matthew, Matt and Matias are forms of the same name in other languages; Matko is a recorded short or pet form.
What do you want to know about Matej?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/matejThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Matej” — the 62nd most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.