Ukrainian: from the personal name Matey (see
Matthew).Americanized spelling of Czech Matej or Slovak Matej.French (eastern): from a regional variant of the personal name
Mathieu.Possibly also Galician: a habitational name
from Matey, a minor place in Lugo province, Galicia.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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