Mateja

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Mateja.

Proper noun

Mateja (plural Matejas)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mateja is the 38582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Mateja is most common among White (98.43%) individuals.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtɛ.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛja
  • Syllabification: Ma‧te‧ja

Proper noun

Mateja m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Mateja f

  1. a female surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Mateja”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matɛ́ːja/

Proper noun

Matȇja f

  1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. Mateja
gen. sing. Mateje
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Mateja Mateji Mateje
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Mateje Matej Matej
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Mateji Matejama Matejam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Matejo Mateji Mateje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Mateji Matejah Matejah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Matejo Matejama Matejami

Further reading

  • Mateja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026