Meaning & Origin
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Matthew
Matej is a boy's baby name of Hebrew origin, the Czech, Slovak, and South Slavic form of Matthew — from the Hebrew Mattityahu, meaning 'gift of God.' Matthew was the apostle and evangelist who wrote the first Gospel, and Matej is the form used across Central and Eastern Europe, from Prague to Ljubljana.
Matej is Matthew heard in Prague and Bratislava — the divine gift's name worn in the clean consonants of Central European Slavic tradition, familiar in spirit but carrying the specific sound of the Czech and Slovak highlands.