Nathan (given name)

Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נתן meaning gave (standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen or Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān). The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he has given" or "he will give".[1]

Nathan
Nathan the Prophet advising king David
PronunciationEnglish: NAY-thǝn;
Hebrew: Nā-tān
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
Meaning"Gave"
Other names
Nickname(s)Nate, Nat Nath
Related namesNatan, Nathaniel, Jonathan

The related name Elnathan could be rendered "Gift of El" (Hebrew God). Four different people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at 2 Kings 24:8, and three in Ezra 8:15–20. Similar ancient names are Nathaniel, with the same meaning as Elnathan, and Jonathan which signifies "YHWH has given". Nathan can also be used as a nickname for Nathaniel.

Familiar forms of Nathan used in English include Nat and Nate.

In the Bible
  • Nathan, a prophet who lived in the time of Kings David and Solomon
  • Nathan, son of David and his wife Bathsheba

Notable people with this name
  • Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nathan of Gaza, 17th century prophet

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  • Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician
  • Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
  • Nathan Bostock (born 1960), British banker
  • Nathan Brown (rugby league born 1993), Australian rugby player

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  • Nathan Deal, American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
  • Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter

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  • Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian

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  • Nathan Fagan-Gayle (born 1986), British musician known as Nathan
  • Nathan Feuerstein (born 1991), American Christian hip hop artist, known by his stage name NF
  • Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor
  • Nathan Fong (1959-2020), Canadian chef
  • Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877), Civil War general in the Confederate Army
  • Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player

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  • Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
  • Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American businessman
  • Nathan Hartono (born 1991), Singaporean-Indonesian singer-songwriter
  • Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer
  • Nathan Head (born 1980), British actor notable for his work in the horror genre

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  • Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player
  • Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), several people
  • Nathan Jonas Jordison (commonly known as Joey Jordison), American drummer for the band Slipknot
  • Nathan Jung, Chinese American actor and stuntman
  • Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker

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  • Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor

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  • Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
  • Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
  • Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
  • Nathan Lawr, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Nathan Lawrence, American actor
  • Nathan Lawson (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer
  • Nathan Lyons (1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator

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Fictional characters
  • Prince Nathan in the comic strip Prince Valiant
  • Nathan the Wise, eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  • Big Nate, eponymous comic strip character
  • Nate the Great, eponymous protagonist of the book series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
  • Nathan, a customer played by Andrew Black in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
  • Nathan Drake, protagonist of the Uncharted video games
  • Nathan Explosion, a character in the cartoon series Metalocalypse
  • Nathan Never, eponymous protagonist of the Italian science fiction comic book
  • Nathan Petrelli, a character in the NBC science fiction series Heroes
  • Nathan Prescott, antagonist of the Life Is Strange video games
  • Nathan Scott, a character in the television series One Tree Hill
  • Nathan, a character in the Final Destination 5
  • Nathan Stark, a character in the television series Eureka
  • Nathan Summers, a Marvel Comic Book character who a mutant and Super-Hero from the X-Men and X-Force
  • Nathan Young character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama Misfits
  • Nathan Zuckerman, narrator or protagonist in many of Philip Roth's works of fiction

See also

References
  1. Meaning and etymology of the name Nathan, Abarim Publications
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