Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings Czech (Moravian) and Slovak (Matúš); Polish; Croatian (Slavonia, Matuš); and Slovenian (eastern Slovenia, Matuš) : from Slavic forms of the Latin personal name Matthaeus (see Matthew).Hungarian : from a pet form of Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Mates.