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I have a Matthew and nobody calls him Matt. He is Matthew William. It's actually relatively unusual now - he has never had another Matthew in a class or activity.

Lovely name.

I have 2 nephews (different sides of the family) who are Matthews or I would have used it myself.

One gets Marty and one is always Matthew he goes mad if anyone tries to shorten it.

Lovely classic name

I’ve a Matthew love it. But I’m biased.

My Matthew is Matthew Stuart; he does generally get called Matt, but I like that too.

I know a Matthew He is 7 and a really lovely lad. His middle name is Henry, which I think goes very well.

Safe and dull

What @DollyDaydreamss said.

We know a Matthew Joseph.

He was Matthew until he started secondary school and became Matt. But he's still Matthew at home.

My son is a Matthew (his surname is actually one of the first suggestions above for a middle name!). Never shortened. He prefers Matthew to Matt. THE nicest boy ever

Nice classic name, can't go wrong. Middle names could be Alexander, Joseph, George, Henry, Oliver, William, Ellis, Samuel.

It's a very steady, timeless name. He will become Matt tho, or possibly Maff depending where you live!

Love Matthew. So many possibilities for middle names.

I know a teenage Matthew and he has never been shortened either. Lovely classic name, will never date

Love it but I’m a bit biased! Mine is gorgeous. All 6ft 2 inches of grumpy teenager that he is.

We call him Matthew but he is Matt to his mates and was at school. I like either but tend to stick with Matthew mostly.

Im married to a Matthew Philip John, he's Matt mainly, and i love the name

I've never taken to Matthew, just reminds me of somebody wet. Door Matt.

Love James though.

Matthew is a fab name. Some say dull. I prefer timeless and classic.

Our Matthew is definitely not a Matty, Matt or anything else.

I like them both.

Where do you live? Will it turn into Maffew in the local accent? That's the only thing that would put me off, but I like it otherwise. Although after reading this thread, it has now stopped making sense and looks like a random collection of letters

I love it. It works for every age and is very classic

My daughter’s partner is Matthew, known as Matty. I prefer Matthew, but he’s a lovely person.

I have a Matthew. Now 8 only just being shortened by friends.. Mostly to Math... Some to Matt... He doesn't mind so I go with it.. Often still Matthew tho...