Matt Family Crest & Name History

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What Matt means

The name Matt is closely linked to Matteson. Its meaning, shared with Matteson, is “The son of Matt, pet form of Matthew (gift of Jehovah)”.

Matt is listed among the recognised spellings of Matteson. The same family of names includes Mattison, Mattheson and Matthison. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Matt with 4,337 bearers, at rank 7,658. It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country. INSEE counts 778 people born in France with the Matt surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1941–1950.

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