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 and it's a short form of Jonathan. 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" "gift from God".

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 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
• 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 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 (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• 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 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 Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
• 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

T

• Nate Teut (born 1976), Former Major League pitcher for Florida Marlins
• Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

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 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