Matteo, the Italian form of Matthew, comes from the Greek name Matthaios and Hebrew name Mattithiah, which is derived from the Hebrew roots mattat, meaning "gift," and yah, referring to the Hebrew God. Therefore, it translates to "gift of God." It first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for boy names in 1998 before seeing a massive boom in the 2010s. Matteo has now been a top-200 boy's name every year since 2015 and is the name WWE star Nikki Bella gave her son Matteo Artemovich, born in 2020. Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin also has a son named Matteo, born in 2008. Other variations of Matteo include Mateo, Matthew, Matias, Mathias and Matthieu.
