Mateja ( sr, Матеја) is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' (
Matthew
Matthew may refer to:
* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...
). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Mateja Andrlić
Mateja Andrlić (born 25 December 1993) is a Croatian football forward who plays for ŽNK Osijek.
Honours
;ŽNK Osijek
Winner
* Croatian First League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or fo ...
(born 1993), Croatian football forward
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Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the Netherlands, Engla ...
(born 1979), Serbian footballer
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Mateja Maslarević
Mateja Maslarević ( sr-cyr, Матеја Масларевић; born 12 October 2000) is a Serbian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''fo ...
(born 2000), Serbian footballer
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Mateja Matejić
Mateja Matejić ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Матејић; 19 February 1924 – 27 July 2018) was a Serbian American writer, translator, anthologist, Serbian Orthodox priest, and Professor Emeritus of Slavic languages and Literatures at Ohio State U ...
(1924–2018), Serbian Orthodox priest
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Mateja Matevski
Mateja Matevski (13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
Career
Matevski was born on 13 March 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey to an Albanian family of the Eastern Orthodox rite. His ...
(1929–2018), Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator
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Mateja Nenadović Mateja ( sr, Матеја) is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' ( Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Mateja A ...
(1777–1854), Serbian priest and politician
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Mateja Petronijević
Mateja Petronijević (born 1 September 1986 in Pula) is a Croatian sailor, who specialized in the Laser Radial class. In 2005, she won a silver medal for her class at the European Senior and Junior Cup in Izola, Slovenia, and bronze at the World ...
(born 1986), Croatian sailor
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Mateja Pintar (born 1985), Slovenian table tennis player
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Mateja Robnik
Mateja Robnik (born April 6, 1987 in Celje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian alpine skier.
Robnik represented Slovenia at two skiing world championships, both times in the Giant Slalom. Her World Cup debut was in 2004, but her bes ...
(born 1987), Slovenian alpine skier
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Mateja Šimic
Mateja Šimic (born 11 March 1980) is a Slovenian triathlete
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest ove ...
(born 1980), Slovenian triathlete
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Mateja Svet
Mateja Svet (); born 16 August 1968) is a former Slovenian alpine skier, who competed for Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1990.
Biography
Svet was born in Ljubljana, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Making her first appearance in the 1983/1 ...
(born 1968), Slovenian alpine skier
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Mateja Zver
Mateja Zver (born 15 March 1988) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for SKN St. Pölten in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. She also played for Pomurje in the Slovenian Women's League and for Þór/KA in Iceland's Úrvalsdeild. She was ...
(born 1988), Slovenian footballer
Surname
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Robert Mateja
Robert Mateja (born 5 October 1974) is a Polish former ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2008. His best individual World Cup finishes were fifth in Harrachov (large hill) on 14 December 1996, and fifth again in Sapporo on 28 January 2001. Hi ...
(born 1974), Polish ski jumper
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Matej Matej is a given name that originates from the Slavic nations of Central and Eastern Europe. It is one of the most common male names in Slovakia and Slovenia, and is also common in Croatia. The name is originally derived from Matthias the Apostle.
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Matea Matea is a feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Mateo, Matej or Matija, which are Croatian forms of Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
* Matea Bošnjak, Croatian footballer
* Matea Čiča, Croatian badminton ...
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Matija Matija is a South Slavic masculine and feminine given name, a variant of Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
* Matija Ahacel (1779–1845), Carinthian Slovene philologist, publicist, and collector of folk songs
* Matija Antun Relkovi ...
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Matejić (surname) Matejić ( sr-Cyrl, Матејић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Mateja Mateja ( sr, Матеја) is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' ( Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and ...
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