What does the name Mathew mean?

Mathew means "Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name". It is a boy's name of Malayalam origin.

Mathew

Mathew means Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name.

Gender	boy
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
Ayaan — Gift of God, speed
Inaaya — Gift of God, care
Ishanvi — Goddess Parvati, gift of Shiva
Inaya — Gift from God

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Sreejith — Victorious
Manikandan — Lord Ayyappa
Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
Unnikrishnan — Young Krishna

Where this comes from

Mathew has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.