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 Matthias (; Koine Greek: , , from Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew ; ; died ) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the Twelve Apostles, apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his s ...

. Matěj, with the ě diacritic, is a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

given name. In Polish the equivalent is

Maciej Maciej (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, the etymological equivalent of Matthias. Its diminutive forms are Maciek, Maciuś. Namedays according to Polish calendar: 30 January, 24 February, 14 May Maciej may refer to: Arts and ent ...

, and in English it is

Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. Notable people Notable people named Matthias include the following: Religion * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Isca ...

. Apoštol Matěj is Matthias the Apostle, while Matthew the Apostle is Matouš in Czech. The name Matej has its root in the Hebrew word Mattityahu and means God's gift.

Matej

Notable people with the name include:

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* Matej Bagarić (born 1989), Croatian footballer * Matej Bene (born 1992), Slovak ice hockey player *

Matej Beňuš Matej Beňuš (born 2 November 1987) is a Slovak Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. He won a silver medal in the Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1, C1 event at the 2016 ...

(born 1987), Slovak slalom canoeist * Matej Bor (1913–1993), Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist and partisan * Matej Centrih (born 1988), Slovenian football player * Matej Černič (born 1978), Italian volleyball player * Matej Češík (born 1988), Slovak ice hockey player * Matej Cifra (born 1979), Slovak television presenter * Matej Cigale (1819–1889), Slovene lawyer, linguist, and editor * Matej Čurko (1968-2011), Slovak serial killer *

Matej Delač Matej Delač (; born 20 August 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish 1st Division club Horsens. Club career Inter Zaprešić A product of Inter Zaprešić youth academy, Delač started to impress very ...

(born 1992), Croatian football goalkeeper *

Matej Dodig Matej Dodig (born 19 July 2005) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 263, achieved on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 502, achieved on 26 May 2025. Professional career 2023: Professiona ...

(born 2005), Croatian tennis player *

Matej Falat Matej Falat (born 8 February 1993) is a Slovakian alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark ...

(born 1993), Slovak alpine skier *

Matej Ferjan Matej Ferjan (5 January 1977 – 22 May 2011) was a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 8 caps for the Slovenia national speedway team and 2 caps for the Hungary national speedway team. Career Ferjan was born in Ljubljana, Sloveni ...

(1977–2011), Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider *

Matej Gaber Matej Gaber (born 22 July 1991) is a Slovenian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a g ...

(born 1991), Slovenian handball player * Matej Gnezda (born 1979), Slovenian racing cyclist *

Matej Gorelka Matej Gorelka (3 April 1989) is a Slovakia, Slovak Association football, footballer who plays as a striker for FK Beluša. External links
at official club website 1989 births Living people Slovak men's footballers FK Spartak Dubnica nad V ...

(born 1989), Slovak football striker *

Matej Grešák Matej Grešák (born 31 May 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footba ...

, Slovak footballer *

Matej Hliničan Matej Hliničan (born 21 September 1994) is a Slovak male badminton player. In 2014, he won the Ethiopia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bridget Shamim Bangi of Ethiopia, and became the runner-up in the men's ...

(born 1994), Slovak badminton player *

Matej Hočevar Matej Hočevar (born Ljubljana, 30 April 1982) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, li ...

(born 1982), Slovenian ice hockey player *

Matej Hradecky Matej Hradecky (, born 17 April 1995) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Slovak club MFK Skalica in the Slovak Super Liga. Career At the start of his career, Hradecky played as a midfielder. On 16 February 2016, he signed a two-ye ...

(born 1995), Finnish football player *

Matej Ižvolt Matej Ižvolt (born 5 June 1986) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Austrian club SC Zöbern. Club career He started his football career in ZTS Dubnica, in June 2007 he signed a 3-year contract with ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Brati ...

(born 1986), Slovak footballer

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Matej Jakúbek Matej Jakúbek (born 19 January 1995) is a Slovak footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mo ...

, Slovak footballer *

Matej Jelić Matej Jelić (born 5 November 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NK Valpovka Valpovo. Club career MŠK Žilina Jelić joined MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2013. On 28 July 2013, he scored a goal on his comp ...

(born 1990), Croatian football forward *

Matej Jonjić Matej Jonjić (; born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as centre back for club, Tochigi City FC. He has represented Croatia at youth level, having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Cro ...

(born 1991), Croatian football player *

Matej Jug Matej Jug (born 25 September 1980) is a Slovenian international referee. Career Matej Jug became a FIFA referee in 2007. He has refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.UEFA The Union of European ...

(born 1980), Slovenian international football referee *

Matej Juhart Matej Juhart (born November 19, 1976) is a German bobsledder who competed for his native Germany and now CroatiaMatej Jurčo (born 1984), Slovak road bicycle racer * Matej Kazár (born 1983), Slovak biathlete * Matej Kocak (1882–1918) United States Marine Corps sergeant * Matej Kochan (born 1992), Slovak football midfielder * Matej Kováč (born 1985), Slovak football midfielder *

Matej Krajčík Matěj Krajčík (born 19 March 1978) is a former Slovak footballer. He played for the Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the ...

(born 1978), Slovak footballer * Matej Král (born 1990), Slovak football midfielder * Matej Kristín (born 1990), Slovakian ice hockey goaltender * Matej Krušič (born 1987), Slovenian basketball player * Matej Kubš (born 1988), Slovak volleyball player * Matej Mamić (born 1975), Croatian basketball player *

Matej Marin Matej Marin (2 July 1980 – 5 September 2021) was a Slovenian professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyc ...

(born 1980), Slovenian racing cyclist *

Matej Mavrič Matej Rožič Mavrič (born 29 January 1979) is a Slovenian retired international footballer who played as a centre-back. International career Mavrič made his debut for Slovenia in 2002 and earned a total of 37 caps, scoring 1 goal. Honours Go ...

(born 1979), Slovenian footballer * Matej Mészáros (born 1982), Slovak sport shooter *

Matej Mitrović Matej Mitrović (; born 10 November 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kerala Blasters. He also played for Croatia national team. Kerala blasters Club career Mitrović made his professional debut for Cib ...

(born 1993), Croatian football defender *

Matej Mohorič Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Mohorič turned professional in 2014. He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the U ...

(born 1994), Slovene road racing cyclist * Matej Mugerli (born 1981), Slovenian road bicycle racer * Matej Náther (born 1985), Slovak football midfielder *

Matej Ninoslav Matej Ninoslav ( sr-Cyrl, Матеј Нинослав; died 1250) was the Ban of Bosnia in the period of 1232–50. Most of Bosnia was under the Kingdom of Hungary from 1235 to 1241. Ninoslav was also a Prince of Split in 1242–1244 during the lo ...

(died 1250), Ban of Bosnia

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* Matej Oravec (born 1998), Slovak footballer * Matej Palčič (born 1993), Slovenian footballer * Matej Paták (born 1990), Slovak volleyball player * Matej Peternel (born 1992), Slovenian football midfielder * Matej Podlogar (born 1991), Slovenian football player * Matej Podstavek (born 1991), Slovak football defender * Matej Poplatnik (born 1992), Slovenian footballer *

Matej Prelog Matej Prelog (born 13 March 1980 in Maribor) is a Slovenian rower, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and ...

(born 1980), Slovenian rower * Matej Pučko (born 1993), Slovenian footballer * Matej Radan (born 1990), Slovenian football goalkeeper * Matej Rakovan (born 1990), Slovak football goalkeeper * Matej Rapnik (born 1990), Slovenian football centre-back * Matej Rojc (born 1993), Slovenian professional basketball player *

Matej Šavol Matej Šavol (born 14 April 1984) is a Slovak football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), ...

(born 1984), Slovak football goalkeeper * Matej Šebenik (born 1983), Slovene chess player * Matej Siva (born 1984), Slovak football defender * Matej Sivrić (born 1989), Croatian football forward * Matej Slávik (born 1994), Slovak football goalkeeper * Matej Šnofl (born 1977), Slovenian football defender *

Matej Stare Matej Stare (born 20 February 1978 in Kranj) is a former Slovenian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mou ...

(born 1978), Slovenian racing cyclist * Matej Sternen (1870–1949), Slovene Impressionist painter * Matej Strapák (born 1993), Slovak footballer * Matej Székely (born 1991), Slovak football goalkeeper *

Matej Tóth Matej Tóth (; born 10 February 1983) is a retired Slovak race walker. He won the 50 km walk World Championship in 2015, and became an Olympic champion in the same event in 2016. Career Tóth won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the ...

(born 1983), Slovak race walker *

Matej Vidović Matej Vidović (; born April 14, 1993 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian alpine skier, a slalom specialist. He competed for Croatia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, slalom event, f ...

(born 1993), Croatian alpine skier *

Matej Andraž Vogrinčič Matej Andraz Vogrinčič (born October 12, 1970) is a Slovenian artist. He has been creating site-specific work in urban and natural environments since the early 1990s. He has built an international reputation by creating installations specific ...

(born 1970), Slovenian artist *

Matej Žagar Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2008 Individual Speedway European Championship, 2008 and 2009 Individual Speedway E ...

(born 1983), Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider * Matej Zatlkaj, Slovak Magic: The Gathering player and commentator

Matěj

Matěj is a

given name. Notable people with the name include: * Matěj Beran (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player *

Matěj Chaluš Matěj Chaluš (born 2 February 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who players as a centre-back for Czech club Baník Ostrava. He has played for the Czech Republic national team. Career After Příbram was relegated to the Czech Nationa ...

(born 1998), Czech football centre-back *

Matěj Hádek Matěj Hádek (born 29 November 1975 in Prague) is a Czech actor. He starred in the film ''Operace Silver A'' under director Jiří Strach Jiří Strach (born 29 September 1973) is a Czech film director and actor. He is considered one of the mo ...

(born 1975), Czech actor * Matěj Hanousek (born 1993), Czech footballer * Matěj Helešic (born 1996), Czech football defender * Matěj Hybš (born 1993), Czech football player * Matěj Končal (born 1993), Czech football player *

Matěj Kopecký Matěj Kopecký (24 February 1775, probably in Libčany – 3 July 1847 in Koloděje nad Lužnicí) was a Czech puppeteer. For six generations his descendants followed the art of puppeteering. Kopecký's father was a poor travelling puppeteer ...

(1775–1847), Czech puppeteer * Matěj Krsek (born 2000), Czech sprinter *

Matěj Kůs Matěj Kůs (born 11 July 1989) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He is a Czech Republic national champion and earned 10 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career K� ...

(born 1989), Czech motorcycle speedway rider * Matěj Kvíčala (born 1989), Czech luger * Matěj Lasák (born 1992), Czech cyclo-cross cyclist * Matěj Machovský (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player * Matěj Marič (born 1991), Czech football player * Matěj Novák (born 1989), Czech ice dancer * Matěj Paprčiak (born 1991), Czech football player * Matěj Psota (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player *

Matěj Pulkrab Matěj Pulkrab (born 23 May 1997) is a Czech professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for FK Teplice, Teplice. Club career Sparta Prague Pulkrab is an academy graduate of Sparta Prague ...

(born 1997), Czech football striker * Matěj Rejsek (c. 1445–1506), Czech stonemason, sculptor, builder and architect * Matěj Sebera (born 2001), Czech ice hockey player * Matěj Štochl (born 1989), Czech football player *

Matěj Stříteský Matěj Stříteský (born September 20, 1990, in Vsetín) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman. He played with HC Litvínov in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the ...

(born 1990), Czech ice hockey defenceman * Matěj Stropnický (born 1983), Czech politician *

Matěj Trojovský Matej Trojovsky (born October 12, 1984) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Plzeň. He was drafted 130th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially know ...

(born 1984), Czech ice hockey defenceman *

Matěj Vydra Matěj Vydra (, born 1 May 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Viktoria Plzeň. Vydra previously played for FC Chotěboř, Vysočina Jihlava, Baník Ostrava, Club Brugge, Udinese, Watford ...

(born 1992), Czech football striker

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