Matej

/M-AA-T-EH-JH/

Boy Christian Czech origin CzechSlovak

Matthew (Czech form) — Matej (Czech Matěj, from Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh') is the Czech form of Matthew, the gospel evangelist. Honored at the Matejska Pout', a major Czech pilgrimage festival in Prague's Holesovice district held every February-March around St. Matthew's feast.

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Meaning & origin

Matej is a boy's name of Czech origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Matthew (Czech form) — Matej (Czech Matěj, from Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh') is the Czech form of Matthew, the gospel evangelist. Honored at the Matejska Pout', a major Czech pilgrimage festival in Prague's Holesovice district held every February-March around St. Matthew's feast." and belongs to the Divine cluster — names rooted in sacred meaning and spiritual tradition.

Common among Czech, Slovak families, Matej carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Matej

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Matej resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
4
stability and disciplined work
Chaldean
6
nurturing and family devotion

How Matej sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Matej breaks down into 5 phonemes: /M-AA-T-EH-JH/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Matej — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

Matejek

The six signals, applied to Matej

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01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 4) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Matej flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Divine
Matej belongs to the Divine cluster — names rooted in sacred meaning and spiritual tradition.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Christian
As a Christian name, Matej carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Matej is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Matej

If Matej resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Christian boy names, common in Czech families

Pavel
Paul (Slavic form) — Pavel (Russian Павел, from Latin Paulus 'small') is the Russian-Slavic form of Paul. The apostle Paul of Tarsus is honored across Orthodox Christianity. Pavel III of Russia and Pavel Tretyakov (founder of the Tretyakov Gallery) bore the name.
Marek
Of Mars, the warlike — Marek (Polish and Czech, from Latin Marcus) is the Slavic form of Mark. It recalls Mark the Evangelist, author of the second gospel and patron of Venice, and is used warmly across Polish, Czech and Slovak Catholic families as a steady, familiar masculine name.
Vaclav
More glory, greater glory — Vaclav (Czech Václav, from Slavic vele 'more' + slav 'glory') is the Czech form of the name of the duke and martyr Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech lands. His legendary generosity to the poor is remembered in the carol known as Good King Wenceslas.
Petr
Rock — the Czech form of Peter, from Greek Petros, the name the apostle received from Christ. Distinctly Czech in dropping the final vowel, Petr instead of Peter, giving the consonant ending typical of the language. A steady, foundational Christian name across Bohemia and Moravia, evoking the firmness of stone.

Sharing the same meaning

Other Christian boy names from the Divine cluster

Elijah
My God is Yahweh, the fiery prophet who rode a chariot to heaven — Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, called fire from the sky, and was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind without dying. His name burns with the absolute devotion of a man who stood alone against an entire kingdom's apostasy and won, armed with nothing but conviction and the fire of the one true God
Theodore
Gift of God, heaven's offering to the mortal world — Theodore reverses the syllables of Dorothy to create the same meaning from a masculine angle: God gives. Multiple saints and two American presidents carried this name, and it speaks of gratitude for the divine generosity that places children into families, talents into hands, and purpose into hearts that were waiting to be filled
Jack
God is gracious, by way of Jankin, a medieval English pet form of John (from Hebrew Yohanan, 'Yahweh is gracious'). Once a familiar nickname, it long ago outgrew that role to stand on its own and has repeatedly topped boys' name charts across Britain.

Names that sound similar

Christian boy names that open with the same syllables as Matej

Mateo
Gift of God, the Spanish form of Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu (gift of Yahweh). The name carries the heritage of the apostle and evangelist, the tax-collector who followed Christ, while its softened Romance phonology turns Hebrew theology into warm Mediterranean music borne across the Spanish-speaking world.
Mark
A gospel and evangelist name carried across Christian traditions
Martín
Warlike, of Mars — Saint Martin of Tours shared his cloak with a beggar. Spain's classic name of charitable warrior spirit.

Common questions about Matej

What does the name Matej mean?

Matej means "Matthew (Czech form) — Matej (Czech Matěj, from Hebrew Mattityahu 'gift of Yahweh') is the Czech form of Matthew, the gospel evangelist. Honored at the Matejska Pout', a major Czech pilgrimage festival in Prague's Holesovice district held every February-March around St. Matthew's feast.." It is a boy name of Czech origin, traditionally used in Christian families.

Is Matej a boy or girl name?

Matej is most commonly used as a boy name.

What is the origin of the name Matej?

Matej is of Czech origin, used in Christian tradition, commonly among Czech, Slovak families.

What are common nicknames for Matej?

Common short forms of Matej include Matejek.

What is the numerology of Matej?

Matej has a Pythagorean destiny number of 4 — stability and disciplined work.

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