English: patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this
form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other
languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.
Irish
(Ulster and County Louth): used as an Americanized form of
McMahon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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