MateoName meaning, origin and popularity
Mateo is a boy’s name of Spanish origin. Its traditional meaning is “gift of God”.
Mateo at a glance
- Meaning
- gift of God
- Origin
- Spanish
- Gender
- Boy
- Letters
- 5
- First letter
- M
- NSW rank 2025
- #65 for boys
How popular is Mateo in Australia?
In 2025, Mateo was number 65 in the NSW top 100 for boys, with 124 babies registered. It was not in the top 100 in 2024. Its highest rank for boys was number 65 in 2025, and it has been in the top 100 in 2 of the 74 years since 1952.
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (boys) | – | – | – | – | – | – | #65 |
“–” means the name was outside the top 100 that year. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Popular Baby Names 1952 to 2025 (Data.NSW, data as at 26 March 2026). The list covers the top 100 names for each sex per year in NSW only. See popular baby names for the full 2025 top 20.
Names similar to Mateo
Other Spanish names for boys (including unisex names):
- MiguelSpanish
- PabloSpanish
- PazSpanish
- PedroSpanish
- RamonSpanish
- RioSpanish
- SantiagoSpanish
- SolSpanish
- XavierSpanish
- AlejandroSpanish
- CarlosSpanish
- CieloSpanish
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