Mateo (given name)

Mateo is a masculine given name, a form of Matthew used in Spanish and Croatian, similar to the Italian form Matteo. Notable people with the name include:


 * Master Mateo (c. 1150–c. 1200/1217), sculptor and architect who worked in the Iberian Peninsula
 * Mateo Aimerich (1715–1799), Spanish philologist
 * Mateo Alemán (1547–1615?), Spanish novelist and writer
 * Mateo Bertoša (born 1988), Croatian footballer
 * Mateo Cañellas (born 1972), Spanish middle distance runner and politician, known as Mateu Cañellas
 * Mateo A. T. Caparas (1923–2020), Filipino lawyer
 * Mateo Cassierra (born 1997), Colombian football striker
 * Mateo Castellano (born 1996), Argentine football midfielder
 * Mateo Chiarino, Uruguayan actor and writer
 * Mateo Corbo (born 1976), Uruguayan footballer
 * Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and martyr
 * Mateo de Angulo (born 1990), Colombian swimmer
 * Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811), Royal Governor of Chile
 * Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro (1605–1672), Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
 * Mateo Delmastro (born 2000), Argentine badminton player
 * Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo (1882–1928), Mexican Roman Catholic priest
 * Mateo Flecha el Joven (c. 1530–1604), Spanish composer
 * Mateo Flecha (1481–1553), composer born in Kingdom of Aragon
 * Mateo Flores (1922–2011), Guatemalan long-distance runner
 * Mateo Frazier (born 1977), American writer, director, and producer
 * Mateo García (born 1996), Argentine footballer
 * Mateo Gil (born 1972), Spanish film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
 * Mateo Gil (conquistador), Spanish conquistador, Alcalde and Regidor of Santa Fe, Argentina during the Viceroyalty of Peru
 * Mateo González Manrique, Spanish soldier and colonial governor of West Florida between 1813 and 1815
 * Mateo Gucci (c. 1500 – c. 1550), Polish-Italian Renaissance architect and sculptor
 * Mateo Guez, French-Canadian director, writer, photographer and producer
 * Mateo Hasa (born 1993), Albanian football player
 * Mateo Hrvatin (born 1980), Croatian handballer
 * Mateo Jover, Bronze Wolf Award recipient
 * Mateo Leal de Ayala (1560–1627), Spanish noblemen, mayor, and governor
 * Mateo Malupo (born 1988), Tongan rugby union player
 * José Manuel Mateo (born 1975), Spanish football defender
 * Mateo Martinic (born 1931), Chilean historian, politician and lawyer
 * Matéo Maximoff (1917–1999), French writer and Evangelical pastor of Romani ethnicity
 * Mateo Messina (born 1972), American composer
 * Mateo Míguez Adán (born 1987), Spanish footballer
 * Matéo Mornar (born 1946), French sculptor of contemporary art
 * Mateo Morrison (born 1946), Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist
 * Mateo Musacchio (born 1990), Argentine professional footballer
 * Mateo Pavlović (born 1990), Croatian football defender
 * Mateo Pinello (died 1569), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuzco (1565–1569)
 * Mateo Poljak (born 1989), Croatian footballer
 * Mateo Pumacahua (1740–1815), Peruvian revolutionary
 * Mateo Qares, Tanzanian politician, cabinet minister and member of Parliament for Babati constituency
 * Mateo Restrepo (born 1997), Canadian soccer player
 * Mateo Romero (artist) (born 1966), Native American painter
 * Mateo Romero (composer) (c. 1575–1647), Belgian-born Spanish composer of Baroque music
 * Mateo Rosas de Oquendo (c. 1559–1612), Peruvian satirist
 * Mateo Roskam (born 1987), Croatian footballer
 * Mateo Sanguinetti (born 1992), Uruguayan rugby union player
 * Mateo Sanz Lanz (born 1993), Swiss sailor
 * Mateo Silić (born 1984), Croatian footballer
 * Mateo Sušić (born 1990), Bosnian football midfielder
 * Mateo Túnez (born 1989), Spanish motorcycle road racer
 * Mateo Vidal (1780–1855), Uruguayan priest and politician
 * Mateo Zefi (born 1994), Albanian football player

Fictional characters

 * Mateo Santos, on All My Children
 * Mateo Solano Villanueva, on The CW's Jane the Virgin