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Nathan name meaning

First Name
557k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
8k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Nathan mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Nathan

User Submitted Origins

Hebrew
45%
English
41%
American
7%
Jewish
2%
Arabic
2%
Indian (Sanskrit)
2%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Louisiana, U.S., the name Nathan is of American origin and means "Valiant gift from God in a small package".
  2. 12 people from all over the world agree the name Nathan is of Hebrew origin and means "Gift of God".
  3. According to 7 people from all over the world, the name Nathan is of Hebrew origin and means "Gift from God".
  4. 2 submissions from Hong Kong and Eritrea agree the name Nathan means "God's gift" and is of Hebrew origin.
  5. According to a user from the United Kingdom, the name Nathan is of English origin and means "Given by god".
  6. A submission from Nigeria says the name Nathan means "God has given" and is of Hebrew origin.
  7. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Nathan is of Jewish origin and means "a gift".
  8. According to a user from North Carolina, U.S., the name Nathan is of Arabic origin and means "gave".
  9. A user from Washington, U.S. says the name Nathan means "He Gave".
  10. A user from Canada says the name Nathan is of Hebrew origin and means "From the Hebrew name ??? (Natan) meaning 'he gave'".
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Wiktionary
  1. An Old Testament prophet.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
  3. An English patronymic surname​.
  4. An Ashkenazi patronymic surname​, a variant of Natan.
  5. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.

Nathan was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano, French, German, and Portuguese

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Notable Persons Named Nathan

Notable Persons Named Nathan

Nathan Diaz

Nathan was born on April 16th, 1985 in Stockton, California, United States.

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Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion is an actor. He was most active from 1993 to present. Nathan was born on March 27th, 1971 in Edmonton.

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Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane is an actor and writer. His most notable accomplishments were from 1975 to present. Nathan was given the name Joseph Lane on February 3rd, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.

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Nathan Jones

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Nathan

Notable Persons With the Last Name Nathan

S. R. Nathan

S. R. Nathan is a President of Singapore. S. was born on July 3rd, 1924.

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Nathan

Nathan is a soccer player for the Vitesse Arnhem, Chelsea F.C., Clube Atlético Paranaense, Brazil national under-17 football team, and Brazil national under-20 football team. Nathan was born on March 13th, 1996 in Blumenau, Brazil. Nathan is also known as Nathan.

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Tony Nathan

Tony Nathan is a football player. Tony was born on December 14th, 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Joe Nathan

Joe Nathan is a baseball player for the Free agent. Joe was born on November 22nd, 1974 in Houston.

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Alison Nathan

Alison Nathan is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Alison was born in 1972.

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Jared Nathan

Jared was born on August 10th, 1985 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He left this life on December 28th, 2006.

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Common last names for Nathan

Common first names for Nathan

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Nathan U.S.
█  White 56.87% 64.26%
█  African American 27.13% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 9.46% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.95% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.87% 16.26%

Of Last Name Nathan

People with the last name Nathan are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Nathan

  • What name lists does Nathan rank for?
    #59Most Popular Boy Names
    #84Classic Boy Names
  • How Popular is the name Nathan? Nathan is the 111th most popular name of all time. In 2019 Nathan was the 55th most popular name. As a last name Nathan was the 4,284th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Nathan have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 557,338 babies born with the first name Nathan in the United States. That's more than enough people named Nathan to occupy the country of Solomon Islands with an estimated population of 553,935 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Nathan? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 114 new born babies.
  • When was Nathan first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Nathan is Wednesday, January 20th, 1864.
  • What year had the most people named Nathan born? The highest recorded use of the first name Nathan was in 2004 with a total of 14,628 babies. That's a lot of babies named Nathan!
  • Random Nathan Factoid: According to the 1980 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Nathan ranks 54th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Connecticut. Imagine that, 66 babies in Connecticut have the same name in 1980.
  • Weird things about the name Nathan: The name spelled backwards is Nahtan. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Nnthaa. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Nathan? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 8,300 people with the last name Nathan.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Nathan? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Nathan as their last name.
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