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]

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

People

• Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan of Gaza, 17th century prophet
• Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
• Nathan Alterman (1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
• Nathan Amos, South African born-Israeli rugby union player
• Nate Archibald (born 1948), American Hall-of Fame National Basketball Association player
• Nathan Azarcon Filipino bass player and nationalist
• Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician
• Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
• Nathan Brown (rugby league born 1993), Australian Rugby League player
• Nathan Carter, Irish country singer
• Nate Clements (born 1991), American football player
• Nathan Coe, Australian soccer player
• Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923-1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
• Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand world champion and Olympic champion rower
• Nathan Connolly, lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
• Nathan Deal, American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
• Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and KFC fighter
• Nate Ebner (born 1988), American National Football League player
• Nathan Einhorn, American journalist
• Nathan Fagan-Gayle (born 1986), British musician known simply as Nathan
• Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor
• Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877), Civil War general in the Confederate Army
• Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player
• Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor
• Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), member of the United States Congress from West Virginia
• Nathan Greene, American artist
• Nathan Hale (1755–1776), an American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
• Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American entrepreneur
• Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer
• 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 Kress (born 1992), American Actor
• 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 professional ice-hockey player
• Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Nathan Lyons (1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator
• Nate Mack (1891-1965), Polish-born American banker; co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas
• Nathan McCall (born 1955), American author
• Nate McLouth (born 1981), American baseball player
• Nathan Merritt (born 1982), Indigenous Australian Rugby League player
• Nathan Militzok (born 1923), American basketball player
• Nathan Milstein (1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist
• Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
• Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), German banker and financier
• Nathan Robertson (born 1977), English badminton player
• Nate Saint (1923–1956), American missionary pilot
• Nate Silver (born 1978), American statistician and writer
• Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
• Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985), British actor
• Nathan Sykes (born 1974), retired English rugby player
• Nathan Zach (born 1930), Israeli poet

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 character played by Andrew Black in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
• Nathan Drake (character), 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 Scott, a character in the television series One Tree Hill
• 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 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
• Jonathan (name)
• Nathaniel
• All pages beginning with Nathan

References