I thought it was more like the German name "Matth?us" which is a variant of Matthias.

I had to change the spelling of it....just me ...my dad wanted me to call Vyolett Freda after his mum..um I know I love our traditional names but freda is really cutting it a bit to fine for me plus my Neice was having a baby boy at the same time and was going to call him Matthew until my mum slipped and told her our name...my great nephew is now Adam

Thanks Kitt3n....me likes to be different but still tied to my roots