Matteo is the
Italian form of the given name
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 ...
. Another form is
Mattia
Mattia is an Italian given name for males and, less frequently, females. Also a surname, it may refer to:
Given name
* Mattia Altobelli (born 1983), professional Italian footballer
*Mattia Battistini (1856–1928), Italian operatic baritone
*Matt ...
. The
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a
patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning "
escendantof Matteo".
Given name Matteo
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Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist
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Matteo Berrettini (born 1996), Italian tennis player
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Matteo Bisiani
Matteo Bisiani (born 2 August 1978) is an Italian archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and in the 2000 Olympic Games.
Biography
He was born in Monfalcone
Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falke ...
, Italian archer
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Matteo Maria Boiardo
Matteo Maria Boiardo (, ; 144019/20 December 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet, best known for his epic poem ''Orlando innamorato''.
Early life
Boiardo was born in 1440, , Italian Renaissance poet
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Matteo Carcassi, famous guitarist and composer
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Matteo Fedele
Matteo Fedele (born 20 July 1992) is a Swiss professional Association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Maltese club Ħamrun Spartans F.C.
Club career
Fedele is a youth exponent from FC Sion. He made his Swiss Super Lea ...
(born 1992), Swiss footballer
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Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari (; born 5 December 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major Leagu ...
, Italian football player who currently plays for Montreal Impact
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Matteo Goffriller, renowned 18th-century Italian cello maker
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Matteo Guendouzi, French football player
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Matteo Guidicelli (born 1990), Filipino actor, model, and singer
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Mateo Kovačić
Mateo Kovačić (; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Croatia national team. He is usually deployed in a central or box-to-box role, but can play in deeper po ...
, professional footballer
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Matteo Lane
Matteo Lane (born June 28, 1986) is an American comedian.
Early life and education
Matteo Lane was born in 1986, raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and lived on the North Side. Through his mother, Lane is of Mexican and Italian descent ...
(born 1986), American comedian
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Matteo Mantero
Matteo Mantero (born 23 August 1974) is an Italian politician. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2013, and moved to the Senate in 2018. Originally from the Five Star Movement, he defected to Power to the People in 2021, becoming th ...
(born 1974), Italian politician
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Matteo Messina Denaro, Italian criminal. Is on the top 10 most wanted list of the world
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Matteo Palotta Matteo Palotta (c. 1688 – 28 March 1758) was an Italian priest and composer of church music. He became a court composer in Vienna.
Life
Palotta, known as Il Palermitano, from his birthplace Palermo, studied at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a ...
, 18th-century Italian composer
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Matteo Perez d'Aleccio
Matteo is the Italian form of the given name Matthew. Another form is Mattia. The Hebrew meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning " escenda ...
, Italian painter of devotional, historical and maritime subjects
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Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been ...
, Italian Prime Minister
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Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci, SJ (; la, Mattheus Riccius; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610), was an Italians, Italian Society of Jesus, Jesuit Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He create ...
, Italian Catholic missionary in China
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Matteo Salvini
Matteo Salvini (; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been List of Federal ...
, Italian politician
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Matteo Sereni
Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Born in Parma, Sereni started his career at UC Sampdoria, and was loaned out to A.C. Crevalcore in 1994. He returned to Sampdoria and only m ...
, Italian football goalkeeper
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Matteo Stefanini
Matteo Stefanini (born 29 April 1984) is a rower from Italy.
Biography
He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the single sculls, and won the gold medal in the men's double sculls event at the 2005 Mediterran ...
, Italian rower
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Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. ...
, Italian cyclist who rides for Quick Step-Innergetic in the UCI ProTour
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Matteo Vittucci Matteo Vittucci (1919 – 2011) was an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and scholar. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. and later received an M.A. in Dance Education from Springfield College. Having trained at the Metropolitan ...
, Italian-American dancer, known professionally as Matteo
Surname Matteo, DeMatteo or De Matteo
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Dominic Matteo
Dominic Matteo (born 28 April 1974) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder in a 17-year professional career from 1992 to 2009. He made a total of 366 league and cup appearances, of which 276 were i ...
(born 1974), Scottish footballer
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Drea de Matteo
Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO television drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a ...
(born 1972), American actress
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Frank Matteo
Francis Pasquale Matteo (April 2, 1896 – December 19, 1983) was an American football tackle who played four seasons with the Rochester Jeffersons of the National Football League. He played college football at Syracuse University and attended ...
(1896–1983), American football player
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Felice DeMatteo
Felice DeMatteo (April 17, 1866 - December 13, 1929) was an Italian-American composer, arranger, and bandmaster best known for his marches, waltzes, and polkas. He was born in Pizzo di Calabria, Italy and attended a musical academy in Padua. He se ...
(1866–1929), Italian-American composer and bandmaster
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Ivano De Matteo
Ivano De Matteo (born 22 January 1966) is an Italian director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, De Matteo formed as an actor in the drama laboratory "Il Mulino di Fiora", and later formed a stage company together with his ...
(born 1966), Italian director, screenwriter and actor
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Salvatore T. DeMatteo (1911–2003), New York politician and judge
See also
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Mattei (disambiguation) Mattei may refer to:
* Mattei (surname)
* Mattei, California
* Mattei family, noble Roman family
* ''The Mattei Affair'' (Italian: ''Il Caso Mattei''), a 1972 film
* Mattei sarcophagus I, known as Mattei I
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Matthew (name)
Matthew is an English language male given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of Yahweh".
Etymology
The Hebrew name "" (Matityahu) was transliterated into Greek to "Ματταθίας" (''Mattath ...
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Don Matteo
''Don Matteo'' ( en, Father Matthew) is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000.
History
The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a ...
, Italian TV serial
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Italian masculine given names
Surnames from given names