# 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 Flores (born 2004), Spanish footballer
* 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
* Mateo Torrez, in the novel They Both Die at the End