What do you think of when you hear the name Mateo?

BEAUNAL

My DH is stuck on this name. He almost does not want to discuss any others. I like, but I'm not sold on it. I'm Italian, he's Spanish, so it does work ... I guess. I am curious to know what comes to mind for you when you hear this name.

Thanks Ladies!

moonglow_84

I love the name Mateo... it was veto'd by DH very early on.  Honestly I don't associate it with anything Latino necessarily, but it could definitely work as that.  I always think of a nice quiet boy with dark hair.

aeh72

It does have a Latin or Italian ring to me. I LOVE this name!

ZoeMay06

Love Mateo! I like it spelled that way or Matteo (Italian spelling).

persephonerose

I love it, especially when said with an accent. To me it is a good strong male name.

magsugar13

LOVE LOVE!!

tatercater

I think of strong, Spanish roots.  It's a good name!

llfinch

I think of my best friends nephew. I love the name Mateo. 

lasfresasrojas

I LOVE Mateo.

I'm fluent in Spanish, have a degree in it, and lived in South America so I am probably biased

I can't get DH to go for any Spanish names unfortunately.

 It's absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! 

CayleighDawn

I had a Matteo in my class last year, he was so sweet and the named was perfect on him. I like it.

FWIW, he had a brother named Vincent.

joyfullyfound

I REALLY like it, but would never use it myself because DH and I are both from German backgrounds, while Mateo is distinctly Spanish. I'd go for it, if I were you... it's the perfect name to honour LO's hertiage, but not too weird or obviously ethnic. He could always go by Matt if he wanted too, which is nice. 

kaylynne

I had a student named Mateo.  He had the best grin.  He had pretty severe ADHD, and it was virtually impossible to get him to focus for an entire class period.  I used to make up jobs for him to do (ie: take this stapler to Ms. Smith and bring me back some post-its). He was always much better after he'd had a chance to move for a few minutes.  It was occasionally annoying to deal with all his energy, but he had such a positive attitude that I wanted to help him.

He was Latino, but I think the name would suit a Spanish/Italian child well.

anssett

I know it as the Spanish version of Matthew. I think it's great if one or both parents have the roots to pull it off.

 

Court7803

I think of the little short kid from the glee project, only person I've heard with that name. I don't love it, but don't dislike it either.

jhb619

Love it! If we didn't already have a nephew named Matthew, it would be at the top of our list!

alliejo725

I love it if it's ethnically appropriate, and it sounds like it is for you guys. Great name.

cw2009

I'll echo what others have said-- great name, very memorable!

BEAUNAL

Thank you, for some reason your responses are making me feel a little better about the name in general

MCRM22011

It's adorable!!

mysticriver

Love it! We know a Mateo whose father is from Spain, he's the most adorable little boy. It's a great name.

smudgee

I think Italian

CutieBean79

A metrosexual Latino.

LadyXaverian

Kimbus22:

I think of Kelly Ripa's husband because he was Mateo Santos on All My Children.

 

Yep, this is what I was going to say. Mark Consuelos's character on AMC. That's what I think of.

MummaElovesBB

Joy2611:

I think of a friend's son.nbsp; He's adorable!

Me too! I think it's so cute, but can't steal it from her ;

beckymonster

I think Latin dancer. 

Aussiemummy

I really like it.