Home ยป QA Question: What is a matchmaker called? Contents What is the name of a matchmaker? What is an Italian matchmaker called? What does Oy vey Mashugana mean? A shadchan is a matchmaker. What is the name of a matchmaker?Usually a professional matchmaker is called a shadchan, but anyone who makes a shidduch is considered the shadchan for it. What is an Italian matchmaker called?matchmakers. More Italian words for matchmaker. il paraninfo noun. matchmaker. mezzani. What does Oy vey Mashugana mean?(pejorative) A person who is nonsensical, silly or crazy; a jackass. noun. 12. Nonsense, silliness, craziness, garbage (as in useless)