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The origin of the name Matthew is Greek

 

This is how Matthew is written in Greek:

Μαθθαῖος = Maththaios

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Matthew is gift of Jehovah.

 

Matthew was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus

 

The name Matthew appears in the bible in the following verses:

Matthew 9:9 KJV
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Matthew 10:3 KJV
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Mark 3:18 KJV
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

Luke 6:15 KJV
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

Acts 1:13 KJV
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.