Mateo (given name)

Mateo is a masculine given name, a form of Matthew used in Spanish and Croatian, similar to the Italian form Matteo. Mateo was among the five most popular names for Hispanic newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022.[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Master Mateo (c. 1150–c. 1200/1217), sculptor and architect who worked in the Iberian Peninsula
• Mateo Aimerich (1715–1799), Spanish philologist
• Mateo Alemán (1547–1615?), Spanish novelist and writer
• Mateo Bertoša (born 1988), Croatian footballer
• Mateo Cañellas (born 1972), Spanish middle distance runner and politician, known as Mateu Cañellas
• Mateo A. T. Caparas (1923–2020), Filipino lawyer
• Mateo Cassierra (born 1997), Colombian football striker
• Mateo Castellano (born 1996), Argentine football midfielder
• Mateo Chiarino, Uruguayan actor and writer
• Mateo Corbo (born 1976), Uruguayan footballer
• Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and martyr
• Mateo de Angulo (born 1990), Colombian swimmer
• Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811), Royal Governor of Chile
• Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro (1605–1672), Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
• Mateo Delmastro (born 2000), Argentine badminton player
• Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo (1882–1928), Mexican Roman Catholic priest
• Mateo Flecha el Joven (c. 1530–1604), Spanish composer
• Mateo Flecha (1481–1553), composer born in Kingdom of Aragon
• Mateo Flores (1922–2011), Guatemalan long-distance runner
• Mateo Frazier (born 1977), American writer, director, and producer
• Mateo García (born 1996), Argentine footballer
• Mateo Gil (born 1972), Spanish film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• Mateo Gil (conquistador), Spanish conquistador, Alcalde and Regidor of Santa Fe, Argentina during the Viceroyalty of Peru
• Mateo González Manrique, Spanish soldier and colonial governor of West Florida between 1813 and 1815
• Mateo Gucci (c. 1500 – c. 1550), Polish-Italian Renaissance architect and sculptor
• Mateo Guez, French-Canadian director, writer, photographer and producer
• Mateo Hasa (born 1993), Albanian football player
• Mateo Hrvatin (born 1980), Croatian handballer
• Mateo Jover, Bronze Wolf Award recipient
• Mateo Leal de Ayala (1560–1627), Spanish noblemen, mayor, and governor
• Mateo Malupo (born 1988), Tongan rugby union player
• José Manuel Mateo (born 1975), Spanish football defender
• Mateo Martinic (born 1931), Chilean historian, politician and lawyer
• Matéo Maximoff (1917–1999), French writer and Evangelical pastor of Romani ethnicity
• Mateo Messina (born 1972), American composer
• Mateo Míguez Adán (born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Matéo Mornar (born 1946), French sculptor of contemporary art
• Mateo Morrison (born 1946), Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist
• Mateo Musacchio (born 1990), Argentine professional footballer
• Mateo Pavlović (born 1990), Croatian football defender
• Mateo Pinello (died 1569), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuzco (1565–1569)
• Mateo Poljak (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Mateo Pumacahua (1740–1815), Peruvian revolutionary
• Mateo Qares, Tanzanian politician, cabinet minister and member of Parliament for Babati constituency
• Mateo Restrepo (born 1997), Canadian soccer player
• Mateo Romero (artist) (born 1966), Native American painter
• Mateo Romero (composer) (c. 1575–1647), Belgian-born Spanish composer of Baroque music
• Mateo Rosas de Oquendo (c. 1559–1612), Peruvian satirist
• Mateo Roskam (born 1987), Croatian footballer
• Mateo Sanguinetti (born 1992), Uruguayan rugby union player
• Mateo Sanz Lanz (born 1993), Swiss sailor
• Mateo Silić (born 1984), Croatian footballer
• Mateo Sušić (born 1990), Bosnian football midfielder
• Mateo Túnez (born 1989), Spanish motorcycle road racer
• Mateo Vidal (1780–1855), Uruguayan priest and politician
• Mateo Zefi (born 1994), Albanian football player