Nathan (given name)
Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נָתָן meaning gave (standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen/Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān). The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he has given" or "he will give".[1]Nathan can also be used as a nickname for Nathaniel.
 Nathan the Prophet (right) advising king David (center) | |
| Pronunciation | English: NAY-thǝn; Hebrew: Nā-tān |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "He has given" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Nate, Nat, Nath |
| Related names | Jonathan, Natan, Nathanael, Nathaniel |
Familiar forms of Nathan used in English include Nat and Nate.
In the Bible
- Nathan (prophet), a prophet who lived in the time of Kings David and Solomon
- Nathan (son of David), son of David and his wife Bathsheba
Notable people with this name
- Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan of Gaza, 17th century prophet
A
- Nathan Adams (born 1991), footballer
- Nathan Adams (programmer) (born 1991), video game developer
- Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer
- Nathan Aké (born 1995), footballer currently playing for Manchester City
- Nathan Alterman (1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
- Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli rugby player
- Nathan Azarcon Filipino bass player and nationalist
B
- 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
C
- Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
- Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
- Nate Clements (born 1979), American football player
- Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
- Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923-1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
- Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower
- Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster
- Nathan Connolly (born 1981), lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
- Nathan Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player
D
- Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
- Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter
E
- Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian
F
- 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 Fielder (born 1983), Canadian comedian and host of Comedy Central series Nathan For You.
- 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
G
- Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor
- Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player
- Nathan Glantz, American jazz bandleader
- Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), US Congressman from West Virginia
H
- 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
J
- Nate James (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player
- Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), several people
- Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker
- Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (1975-2021), American drummer for the band Slipknot
- Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman
K
- Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor
L
- Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
- Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
- Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
- 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
M
- Nate Mack (1891–1965), Polish-born American banker; co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas
- Nathan MacKinnon (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nathan Mavila (born 1995), English footballer
- Nathan McCall (born 1955), American author
- Nate McLouth (born 1981), American baseball player
- Nathan Mensah (born 1998), Ghanaian basketball player
- Nathan Merritt (born 1982), Australian rugby player
- Nathan Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player
- Nathan Milstein (1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist
P
- Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian rugby player
- Nathan Perkovich (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player
- Nathan Peterman (born 1994), American football player
- Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
R
- Nathan Rosen (1909-1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist; originator of the concept of Einstein-Rosen Bridges, also known as wormholes
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), German Jewish banker
S
- Nate Saint (1923–1956), American missionary pilot
- Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
- Nathan Shepherd (American football) (born 1993), Canadian-American football player
- Nate Silver (born 1978), American statistician and writer
- Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985), British actor
- Nathan Sykes (born 1974), English rugby player
- Nathan James Sykes (born 1993), English singer, songwriter and record producer
Z
- Nathan Zach (born 1930), Israeli poet
Fictional characters
- 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 Bailey, a character in the British soap opera, Doctors
- Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera, Brookside
- Nathan Detroit, from the stage musical Guys and Dolls, played by Frank Sinatra in the film adaptation.
- 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 Roberts, a character in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away
- Nathan Sallery, a character in the British soap opera Doctors
- Nathan Scott, a character in the television series One Tree Hill
- Nathan Sears, 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 Williams, a character in the British Soap opera EastEnders
- 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
- Nathan (disambiguation)
- Nathan (surname)
- Natan, a given name and surname
- Nate (given name)
- Jonathan (name)
- Nathaniel
- All pages beginning with Nathan
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