Name
MATE

Name MATE

Between 1900 and 2022 there were 430 births of Mate in the countries below, which represents an average of 4 births of children bearing the first name Mate per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 19 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Mate   
In Italiano Nome Mate   
Available variants : Maté , Máté


Information about the first name Mate

The first name Mate has been assigned to:
99.77% to boys
0.23% to girls
The country where the first name Mate is the most common is:
AT Austria
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Mate

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Mate : Amet, Atem, Etam, Meat, Meta, Taem, Tame, Team, Tema

Anacyclics of the first name Mate

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Mate: Etam

Mate in Japanese *

Romajimato
Katakanaマト
Hiraganaまと
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Mate in Japanese
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Mate in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Mate

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات‎ (šâh mât).
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English maten (“to overpower”), from Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of unclear origin.
Etymology src :
  • See maté.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate (plural mates)
  • (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)
  • (chess) Clipping of checkmate.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)
  • (obsolete) To confuse; to confound.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate (plural mates)
  • Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
  • The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
Anagrams src :
  • AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Team, Tema, meat, meta, meta-, tame, team
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /meɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Low German mate, from Old Saxon gimato, from Proto-West Germanic *gamatjō. Doublet of mette.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate (plural mates)
  • mate (companion, comrade)
  • mate (shipmate)
  • (rare) person, human
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːt(ə)/
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • mate
  • Alternative form of mat (“tired”)
  • inflection of mat:
  • weak singular
  • strong/weak plural
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate
  • Alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate
  • Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)
FR French
Adjective src :
  • mate
  • feminine singular of mat
Anagrams src :
  • méat
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /mat/
Verb src :
  • mate
  • inflection of mater:
  • first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
  • second-person singular imperative
General
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)
  • matte (not reflective of light)
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • mate
  • Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis))
  • a hollow gourd or cup in which maté is traditionally served
  • Synonym: porongo
  • Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté
  • Synonyms: yerba mate, hierba mate
  • (colloquial, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) head (top part of the body)
  • Synonym: cabeza
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • From jaque mate (“checkmate”), from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ‎ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات‎ (šâh mât, “the king [is] dead”).
Etymology src :
  • Possibly from sense 1 in the sense of "dull" or "not reflective of light."
Etymology src :
  • Clipping of matemática.
Etymology src :
  • Deverbal from matar (“kill”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • (chess) mate, checkmate
  • Synonym: jaque mate
  • (colloquial, El Salvador) a hand gesture
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)
  • (South America) tan, tanned (skin colour)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate f (plural mates)
  • (colloquial) math / maths
  • Synonym: mates
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • (basketball) dunk, slam dunk (the act of dunking: put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power)
  • Synonyms: clavada, volcada, retacada, hundida, donqueo
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate
  • inflection of matar:
  • first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  • third-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmate/ [ˈma.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ma‧te
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.
Noun src :
  • mate f (indeclinable)
  • maté, yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté)
  • Synonym: yerba mate
  • maté, yerba mate (beverage maté)
  • Synonym: yerba mate
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.tɛ/
  • Rhymes: -atɛ
  • Syllabification: ma‧te
  • Homophone: matę
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (uncountable)
  • (South Brazil) maté (Ilex paraguariensis) (a shrub native to southern South America)
  • Synonyms: erva mate, erva
  • (South Brazil) maté (a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant)
  • Synonym: chimarrão
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate
  • inflection of matar:
  • first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  • third-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te
Galician
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French mat, mate.
Etymology src :
  • From xaque mate (“checkmate”), from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ‎ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات‎ (šâh mât, “the king [is] dead”).
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Quechua mati.
Etymology src :
  • From matar (“kill”).
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • mate m or f (plural mates)
  • matte (not reflective of light)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • (chess) mate, checkmate
  • Synonym: xaque mate
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis)
  • Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté
  • Synonym: herba mate
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mates)
  • (basketball) dunk (the act of dunking, particularly in basketball)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mate
  • first/third-person singular present subjunctive of matar
RO Romanian
Etymology src :
  • Clipping of matematică.
Noun src :
  • mate f (uncountable)
  • (colloquial) maths
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From Latin māter, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Quechua mati (“gourd”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (plural mati)
  • (obsolete) mother
  • Synonym: madre
Etymology (See also) src :
  • pate
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • matè (influenced from French maté)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mate m (invariable)
  • yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
  • maté (beverage)
Anagrams src :
  • Meta, meta, meta-, metà, team, tema
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: mà‧te
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • A more archaic form of maat (“measure”), in petrified use in various contexts and expressions. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.
Noun src :
  • mate f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)
  • A measure, degree: quantity or intensity of something abstract
Pronunciation src :
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te
Verb src :
  • mate
  • (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of meten
Noun (See also) src :
CZ Czech
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈmatɛ]
Verb src :
  • mate
  • third-person singular present of mást
NO Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology src :
Verb src :
  • mate (imperative mat, present tense mater, passive mates, simple past and past participle mata or matet, present participle matende)
  • to feed
Verb (Related terms) src :
Verb (Synonyms) src :
  • fôre (about animals)
 

Popularity of the name Mate

Number of MATE births per year

Popularity of the name Mate
Popularity of the name Mate

Total births of Mate by country

Births with the first name Mate
Country
Boys
Girls
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
112
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
105
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
90
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
39
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
19
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
17
1
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
12
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
8
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
8
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
7
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
7
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
2
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
2
0
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Mate

Total births of Mate by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Mate
Country
Boys
Girls
ATAustria
2021
9
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
6
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
2
0
DEGermany
2022
1
0
ITItaly
2021
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Mate

There are 31 personalities with the first name Mate

Mate Pavić src

Croatia
Tennis player

Mate Parlov src

Croatia
Boxer

Mate Boban src

Bosnia and herzegovina
Military personnel Politician

Máté Fenyvesi src

Hungary
Politician Veterinarian Association football manager Association football player

Máté Csák src

Hungary
Aristocrat Military commander

Mate Trojanović src

Croatia Yugoslavia Socialist federal republic of yugoslavia
Rower

Mate Bilić src

Croatia
Association football player

Máté Zalka src

Hungary
Writer Military personnel

Mate Rimac src


Entrepreneur Inventor

Mate Maleš src

Croatia
Association football player


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Mate
Full list of personalities with the first name Mate

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Mate

There are 37 actors and actresses with the first name Mate
Mate Matisic
Mate Parlov
Mate Gulin
Mate Ergovic
Mate Bogdanovic
Mate Loncar
Mate Kevlishvili
Mate Khidasheli
Mate Ujevic
Mate Ivankovic
Mate Boskovski
Mate Zseller
Mate Barisic
Mate Jajac
Mate Peruzovic
Mate Dolenc
Mate Gyenes
Mate Bulic
Mate Budin
Mate Bizaca
Mate Renic
Mate Curic
Mate Bashe
Mate Picukaric
Mate Gacina
Mate Mike
Mate Cross
Mate Horvath
Mate Ieaou
Mate Pavelic

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Mate
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Mate

Rankings of first name MATE by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#507AT Austria2021
#2478CH Switzerland2021
#3349GB United Kingdom2021
#11363DE Germany2022
#21939IT Italy2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name MATE (female) births over the last year available in each country
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Other girls' names around Mate
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