Mata Family History
Mata Name Meaning
Portuguese and Spanish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal and Spain named Mata from mata ‘wood forest’. Catalan: topographic name from mata ‘scrub’ for a person who lived within or near an area of scrubland. Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Máté (see Matthew ). Slovak (also Maťa): from a pet form of the personal names Matej or Matúš Slovak equvalents of Matthew . Albanian: from the personal name Matë (definite form Mata) a short form of Mateo (see Matthew ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022