Mates
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.
- Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).
Proper noun[edit]
Mates (plural Mateses)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mates is the 39419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals. Mates is most common among White (82.26%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mates”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 531.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mates m anim
- a diminutive of the male given name Matěj
Declension[edit]
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hungarian
- English terms derived from Hungarian
- English terms borrowed from Catalan
- English terms derived from Catalan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Hungarian
- English surnames from Catalan
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech given names
- Czech male given names
- Czech diminutives of male given names