Matheus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch and Portuguese Matheus.
Proper noun
Matheus (plural Matheuses)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Matheus is the 34185th 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
Dutch
Proper noun
Matheus m
- obsolete form of Matteüs
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑˌteː.us/
Proper noun
Mathēus m
- 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.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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
- alternative form of Mateus