Matheus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and Portuguese Matheus.

Proper noun

Matheus (plural Matheuses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Matheus is the 34185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Matheus is most common among White (62.05%) and Hispanic/Latino (26.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Matheus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 532.

Anagrams

• Shumate, amuseth, humates, setumah

Dutch

Proper noun

Matheus m

1. obsolete form of Matteüs

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Matthaeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑˌteː.us/

Proper noun

Mathēus m

1. Matthew the apostle
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Æfter þyssere sprǣċe cōmon ðā drȳmen, and hæfdon him mid tweġen ormǣte dracan, ðǣra orðung ācwealde þæt earme mennisċ: ac sē apostol Matheus þā dracan ġeswefode, and siððan of ðām lande adrǣfde, swā þæt hī næfre siððan þǣr ġesewene nǣron.

     After this speech came the sorcerers, who had two enormous dragons which them, whose breath killed that poor man: but the apostle Matthew lulled the dragons to sleep, and then drove them from the land, so that they have never been seen there since.

Usage notes

This noun is declined as a first-declension Latin noun.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Mathēus	—
accusative	Mathēum	—
genitive	Mathēī	—
dative	Matheō	—

Portuguese

Proper noun

Matheus m

1. alternative form of Mateus