Gift of God
Mataeo is a modern phonetic variant of Mateo, which is the Spanish form of the Hebrew name Matthew. It carries the traditional meaning of a divine gift, though this specific spelling is a contemporary American innovation.
Less common today
Mataeo isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,502 in 1999.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
