Nathan (given name)

Nathan
	Nathan the Prophet (right) advising king David (center)
Pronunciation	English: NAY-thǝn;; Hebrew: Nā-tān
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Israel
Meaning	"gift from God"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Nate; Nat; Tate;
Related names	Jonathan; Natan; Nathanael; Nathaniel; Nethaniah; Netanyahu;

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).

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 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 Aspinall (born 1991), English professional darts 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 Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
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 Fernandes (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Feuerstein (born 1991), American rapper, known by his stage name NF
Nathan Fielder (born 1983), Canadian comedian and host of Comedy Central television 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
Nathan Gunn (born 1970) American opera singer

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 Katz (judoka) (born 1995), Olympic judoka
Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
Nathan Konstandopoulos (born 1996), Australian footballer
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 (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor
Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball 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 Martorella (born 2001), American baseball player
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 Méténier (born 1999), French climate activist
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 Pickering (born 2000), American football player
Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa

R

Nathan J. Robinson (biologist) (1986), British Marine Biologist and Science Communicator.
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 Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
Nathan Shepherd (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

T

Nate Teut (born 1976), Former Major League pitcher for Florida Marlins
Nathan Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
Nathan Tjoe-A-On (born 2001), Indonesian footballer
Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

W

Nathan Wadsworth, American politician
Nathan Walker (born 1994), Welsh-born Australian ice hockey player
Nathan Witt (1903–1982), American lawyer
Nathan Wood (multiple people)

Z

Nathan Zach (1930–2020), 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 "Nate" Ford, the main character and "mastermind" in the action crime drama caper TV series Leverage
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 is 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

References

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In the Bible

Notable people with this name

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Fictional characters

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