Where the spelling 매슈 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 매슈 for Matthew.
People in the list with this given name:
- 세이츠, 매슈 — Matthew Sates
- 게이츠, 매슈 (루이스) 2세 — Gaetz, Matthew (Louis) II
- 베이티, 매슈 토머스 — Beaty, Matthew Thomas
…and 14 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
스콧Seukot · in the NIKL list (1)
Matthew by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 9, 391,373 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 매슈: 17.
Korean names for Matthew
These are the converter’s results for Matthew as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이민수Lee MinsuBoy’s name · 63% sound match
이민우Lee MinuBoy’s name · 57% sound match
이민준Lee MinjunBoy’s name · 48% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Matthew means.
Your name means: 선물 · gift of YHWH (from Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ)
이선물Lee SeonmulLiteral translation — fun, not a common Korean nameKorean word: 선물 = gift
이매슈Lee MaesyuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics