Matthieu
ماتيوIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Gift of the Lord; the apostle Matthew
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Other spellings
- Mathieu, Matthew
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
French form of Matthew, the name of one of Jesus' apostles in Christian tradition. Some fatwas (IslamWeb 266275, quoting Ibn al-Qayyim and Bakr Abu Zayd) list names such as George, John, Matthew and Rose among those peculiar to non-Muslims, which a Muslim should not take; others (SeekersGuidance) allow foreign names unless their meaning expresses disbelief. Scholars differ.
Confidence: high
Sources
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