Maffew as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maffew

What is the meaning of the name Maffew ?

The baby name Maffew is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmæfjuː/ (MAF-yoo).

Maffew is Hebrew in Origin.

Maffew is a modern, playful respelling of Matthew, ultimately from Hebrew Matityahu ('gift of Yahweh/God'), filtered through Greek Matthaios and Latin Matthaeus. The apostle and evangelist Matthew ensured the name's wide medieval use in Europe after the Norman Conquest via French Mathieu; Protestant naming kept it prominent, and it rose to sustained peaks in the English-speaking world in the late twentieth century.

This spelling likely mirrors dialectal TH-fronting in some British English, turning the 'th' of Matthew into 'f'. While uncommon, Maffew remains immediately legible. Core variants include Matthew, Mathew, Matthias/Mathias, Mateo, Matteo, Matthieu/Mathieu, Mateus/Matheus, Matej, Mateusz, Matyas, Matias, Matvei, Mats, Mads, and Matti; diminutives Matt and Matty abound. The meaning is unchanged: 'gift of God'. Feminine counterparts include Mattea.

⚙ Maffew is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Maffew appears only 3 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.