A free, original lullaby written just for the name Mateo — ready to read tonight or turn into a keepsake poster.
Little Mateo, soft and small,
The moon hangs bright above us all,
Silver beams on blankets spread,
Rocking gently, off to bed.
Tiny stars begin to glow,
Painting light on high and low,
Mateo yawns a sleepy sound,
Safe and warm on cozy ground.
Night sky hums a lullaby,
Clouds like pillows, soft and high,
Mateo dreams in gentle light,
Held in love throughout the night.
Written for Mateo
A sample anyone can read. A keepsake poster gets a newly written rhyme.
Make it a keepsake Mateo will have forever
We write Mateo a new rhyme of their own in about a minute, then you pick the background and add a note for a print-ready 8×10 poster — a baby shower or new-baby gift.
Write Mateo's Own Rhyme — posters from $14.99Reading the rhyme is free · see what $14.99 includes
Origin — Spanish, from Hebrew
The Spanish form of Matthew, from the Hebrew Mattityahu, “gift of Yahweh”.
We follow the standard reference works on given names, and we say so plainly when a meaning is unsettled rather than choosing the prettiest one.
Every BabyVerse verse is built around one name and its sound, so Mateo hears their own name carried through the meter rather than dropped into a blank. That is the whole difference between a keepsake and a personalised product: the words could not be reused for another child.
Parents read it at bedtime. Grandparents and godparents frame it. Either way it is the one gift on the table that no one else can duplicate — which is why it tends to outlast everything else in the pile.