Nathan (given name)

Nathan

Nathan the Prophet (right) advising king David (center)
Pronunciation	English: NAY-thǝn; Hebrew: Nā-tān
Gender	Male
Language	Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Israel
Meaning	"gift from God"
Other names
Nicknames	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
• Nathan the Babylonian, 2nd century Judean rabbi

A

• Nathan Adams (born 1991), English footballer
• Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer
• Nathan Aké (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Nathan Allen (born 1813), American physician
• Nathan Alterman (1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
• Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli rugby player
• Nathan Anderson, American Hindenburg Research founder
• Nathan Aspinall (born 1991), English professional darts player
• Nathan Astle (born 1971), New Zealand cricketer
• Nathan Azarcon Filipino bass player and nationalist

B

• Nathan L. Bachman (1878–1937), American judge and politician
• Nathan Bailey (died 1742), British lexicographer and philologist
• Nathan Bailey (born 1993), British trampoline gymnast
• Nathan Baker (born 1991), English footballer
• Nathan Ballard, American political strategist and attorney
• Nathan Barksdale (1961–2016), American drug dealer
• Nathan Barnatt (born 1981), American actor and comedian
• Nathan Barr (born 1973), American film and television composer and musician
• Nathan Bartholomay (born 1989), American pair skater
• Nathan Baskind (1916–1944), Jewish-American World War II soldier
• Nathan Baxter (born 1998), English footballer
• Nathan Beaulieu (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician
• Nathan Berg, Canadian opera singer
• Nathan Biah (born 1971), American politician
• Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
• Nathan Bishop (born 1999), English footballer
• Nathan Bishop (1808–1880), American educator and philanthropist
• Nathan Bittle (born 2003), American basketball player
• Nathan Bitumazala (born 2002), French footballer
• Nathan Bock (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Bom (born 1980), Bawm politician and militant leader
• Nathan Boone (1780–1856), American soldier and son of Daniel Boone
• Nathan Boothe (born 1994), American professional basketball player
• Nathan Bor (1913–1972), American boxer
• Nathan Bostock (born 1960), British banker
• Nathan Bourdeau (born 1990), American soccer player
• Nathan Bowden (born 1993), Australian rower
• Nathan Boya (1924–2022), American who went over Niagara Falls
• Nathan Boyle (born 1994), Northern Irish footballer
• Nathan Boyles, American politician
• Nathan Bracken (born 1977), Australian cricketer
• Nathan Braniff, Northern Irish actor
• Nathan Broad (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Broadhead (born 1998), Welsh footballer
• Nathan Broome (born 2002), English footballer
• Nathan Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Bruckenthal (1979–2004), United States Coast Guardsman
• Nathan Bryon (born 1991), British actor and author
• Nathan Buckley (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Buddle (born 1993), English footballer
• Nathan Burgers (born 1979), Australian professional field hockey goalkeeper
• Nathan Burke (born 1970), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Burns (born 1988), Australian soccer player
• Nathan Burrage (born 1971), Australian writer
• Nathan Burton (born 1980), American football player and coach
• Nathan Butler-Oyedeji (born 2003), English footballer
• Nathan Buttke (born 1975), American racing driver
• Nathan Buzza (born 1970), Australian businessman
• Nathan Byanyima (born 1956), Ugandan politician
• Nathan Byrd (born 2000), American racing driver
• Nathan Byrne (born 1992), English footballer
• Nathan Byukusenge (born 1980), Rwandan cyclist

C

• Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
• Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
• Nathan Carter (American football) (born 2002), American football player
• Nathan Keonaona Chai, American novelist
• Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
• Nathan Clark (1718–1792), American politician
• Nathan Clarke (born 1983), English footballer
• Nathan Clarke (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Clarke, British actor and voice actor
• Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
• Nathan Cleverly (born 1987), Welsh boxer
• Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
• Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
• Nathan Cohen (born 1986), New Zealand rower
• Nathan Collins (born 2001), Irish footballer
• Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster
• Nathan Connolly (born 1981), Northern Irish guitarist
• Nathan Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Coulter-Nile (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player

D

• Nathan Daboll (1750–1818), American mathematician
• Nathan Daboll (1780–1863), American politician
• Nathan Dahm (born 1983), American politician
• Nathan Dane (1752–1835), American politician
• Nathan Darrow (born 1976 or 1977), American actor
• Nathan Daschle (born 1973), American political strategist
• Nathan Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Dawe (born 1994), English DJ and record producer
• Nathan Deakes (born 1977), Australian race walker
• Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician
• Nathan Dean (1934–2013), American politician
• Nathan December, American musician
• Nathan Decron (born 1998), French rugby union player
• Nathan Dekoke (born 1996), French footballer
• Nathan Delfouneso (born 1991), English footballer
• Nathan Dempsey (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), Canadian mathematician, professor, chess master, writer and politician
• Nathan Dixon (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Doak (born 2001), Irish rugby union player
• Nathan Dossantos (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Nathan Dougherty (1886–1977), American athlete, coach, and educator
• Nathan Douglas (born 1982), English triple jumper
• Nathan Downer, Canadian television journalist
• Nathan Doyle (born 1987), English association football player
• Nathan Drake (1766–1836), English essayist and writer on Shakespeare
• Nathan Drake (c. 1728–1778), English artist
• Nathan Drummond (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Dudley (1825–1910), American colonel
• Nathan Dumelow (born 1981), English cricketer
• Nathan Dunfield (born 1975), American mathematician
• Nathan Dunn (1782–1844), American businessman, philanthropist and sinologist
• Nathan Dyer (born 1987), English footballer

E

• Nathan Earle (born 1994), English professional rugby union footballer
• Nathan Earle (born 1988), Australian cyclist
• Nathan East (born 1955), American bass player and vocalist
• Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian
• Nathan Eccleston (born 1990), English footballer
• Nathan Eckstein (1873–1945), American businessman
• Nathan Eddy, American documentary filmmaker, journalist and cultural heritage activist
• Nathan Edmondson, American writer
• Nathan Edward (born 2005), West Indian cricketer
• Nathan Efron (born 1954), Australian optometrist
• Nathan Eglington (born 1980), Australian field hockey player
• Nathan Elasi (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Nathan Elbaz (1932–1954), Israel Defense Force soldier
• Nathan Elder (born 1985), English footballer
• Nathan Ellington (born 1981), English footballer
• Nathan Ellis (born 1994), Australian cricketer
• Nathan Enderle (born 1988), American gridiron football player
• Nathan Englander (born 1970), American short story writer and novelist
• Nathan Eovaldi (born 1990), American baseball player
• Nathan Ephraums (born 1999), Australian field hockey player
• Nathan Erasmus (born 1961), South African judge
• Nathan Evans (1804–1879), American politician
• Nathan Evans (born 1994), Scottish songwriter
• Nathan Evans (born 2002), Welsh rugby union player
• Nathan George Evans (1824–1868), American Confederate Army general
• Nathan Eyres-Brown (born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer

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
• Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor
• Nathan Fong (1959–2020), Canadian chef
• Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877), American Civil War general
• Nathan Fraser (born 2005), Irish footballer
• Nathan Frazer (born 1998), British professional wrestler
• Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player

G

• Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor
• Nathan Michael Gelber (1891–1966), Austrian-Israeli historian
• Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player
• Nathan Glantz, American jazz bandleader
• Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), American politician
• Nathan Gorman (born 1996), British boxer
• Nathan Green (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Greene (c. 1902–1964), American lawyer
• Nathan S. Greene (1810–1900), American businessman and politician
• Nathan Gunn (born 1970) American opera singer

H

• Nathan Haines (born 1972), New Zealand-born producer, vocalist, and saxophonist
• Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
• Nathan K. Hall (1810–1874), American judge
• 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
• Nathan Heaney (born 1989), English boxer
• Nathan Henry, British reality television personality
• Nathan Hill (born 1975), American fiction writer
• Nathan W. Hill (born 1979), American linguist and Tibetologist

J

• Nathan Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nate James (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Jason (born 2002), Australian para-athlete
• Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player
• Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker
• Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (1975–2021), American drummer for the band Slipknot
• Nathan Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nathan Jones (born 1970), Australian professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
• Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman

K

• Nathan Kabasele (born 1994), Belgian footballer
• Nathan Kahan (born 1971), Belgian middle-distance runner
• Nathan Kahane, American film producer
• Nathan Kaplan (1891–1923), American mobster
• Nathan J. Kaplan (1910–1997), American lawyer, politician, and jurist
• Nathan O. Kaplan (1917–1986), American biochemist
• Nathan Katz (1892–1981), Jewish Alsatian poet
• Nathan Katz (born 1995), Australian Olympic judoka
• Nathan Katz, American academic
• Nathan Kelley (1808–1871), American architect
• Nathan Kemp (born 1979), New Zealand professional rugby union player
• Nathan E. Kendall (1868–1936), American politician
• Nathan Kenny, New Zealand evolutionary‐genomics researcher
• Nathan Kerr (born 1998), Northern Irish footballer
• Nathan Ketilsson (1792–1828), Icelandic physician
• Nathan Keyes (born 1985), American actor
• Nathan Keyfitz (1913–2010), Canadian demographer
• Nathan Kiley (born 1981), English stage actor
• Nathan Kimball (1822–1898), American politician
• Nathan Kimsey (born 1993), English professional golfer
• Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Kirby (born 1993), American baseball player
• Nathan Kirsh (born 1932), Swazi and South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist
• Nathan Knight (born 1997), American basketball player
• Nathan Knorr (1905–1977), American Christian minister and president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
• Nathan Knox (born 1981), New Zealand footballer
• Nathan Kogan (1926–2013), American psychologist
• Nathan Konstandopoulos (born 1996), Australian footballer
• Nathan Koo-Boothe (born 1985), English-Jamaican footballer
• Nathan Koranteng (born 1992), English footballer
• Nathan Korn (1893–1941), American architect and builder
• Nathan Kornblum (1914–1993), American chemist
• Nathan Krakouer (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor
• Nathan Kreuger (born 1999), Australian rules football player
• Nathan Kupperman, American pediatrician
• Nathan Kuta (born 2000), Belgian-Dutch basketball player

L

• Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
• Nathan Larson (born 1970), American film music composer, musician, and author
• Nathan Larson (1980–2022), American white supremacist and convicted felon
• Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
• Nathan Lawrence, American actor
• Nathan Lawson (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor
• Nathan Lowe (born 2005), English footballer
• 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 Ross Margold (1899–1947), Romanian-American lawyer
• Nathan Martorella (born 2001), American baseball 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 Méténier (born 1999), French climate activist
• Nathan Mileikowsky (1879–1935), Russian Zionist political activist
• Nathan Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player
• Nathan Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan L. Miller (1868–1953), American politician
• Nathan Milstein (1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist
• Nathan Mitchell (born 1988), Canadian actor
• Nathan Myhrvold (born 1959), former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures

P

• Nathan Page (born 1971), Australian actor
• Nathan Parker (1904–1991), American football player
• Nathan Parker, English screenwriter
• Nathan Parsons (born 1988),
• Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian rugby player
• Nathan Perkovich (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player
• Nathan Peterman (born 1994), American football player
• Nathan Phillips (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Pickering (born 2000), American football player
• Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa

R

• Nathan Roberts (born 1986), Australian volleyball player
• Nathan Robertson (born 1977), English badminton player

• Nathan J. Robinson (1986), British Marine biologist and environmentalist
• Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist; originator of the concept of Einstein-Rosen Bridges, also known as wormholes
• Nathan Ross, American film and television producer
• Nathan Ross (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
• Nathan Ross (born 1976), Australian rugby union player
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), German Jewish banker
• Nathan Rourke (born 1998), Canadian gridiron football player

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 Sivin (1931–2022), American sinologist and historian of Chinese science
• Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Soltz (born c.1977), American politician
• 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

• Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982), Canadian politician and Mormon religious leader
• Nathan Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nate Teut (born 1976), American baseball player
• Nathan Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Tjoe-A-On (born 2001), Indonesian footballer
• Nathan Trent (born 1992), Austrian singer
• Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

W

• Nathan Wadsworth, American politician
• Nathan Walker (born 1994), Welsh-born Australian ice hockey player
• Nathan Ward (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nathan Ward (1804–1860), American physician and missionary
• Nathan Witt (1903–1982), American lawyer
• Nathan Wood (disambiguation) (multiple people)
• Nathan Wright (1654–1721), English judge
• Nathan Wright (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Wright (born 1979), British actor

Y

• Nathan Yau, American statistician and data visualization expert
• Nathan Yellin-Mor (1913–1980), Israeli politician
• Nathan Yocum (born 1992), American writer
• Nathan Young (born 2002), Canadian curler
• Nathan Young-Coombes (born 2003), English footballer
• Nathan Youngblood (born 1954), Native American potter

Z

• Nathan Zach (1930–2020), Israeli poet
• Nathan Zézé (born 2005), French footballer
• Nathan Zsombor-Murray (born 2003), Canadian diver
• Nathan Zuntz (1847–1920), German physiologist
• Nathan Zuzga (born 1985), American soccer player

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, a character in Me before you
• Nathan Bailey, a character in the British soap opera, Doctors
• Nathan Bendall, main antagonist of the "Hammy House"^[1] novel by Kaye Umansky.
• Nathan Bitner, a character in the Masters of the Universe franchise
• Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera, Brookside
• Nathan Daldry, a character in the 2012 young adult novel Every Day
• 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

See also

• Nathan (disambiguation)
• Nathan (surname)
• Natan, a given name and surname
• Nate (given name)
• Jonathan (name)
• Nathaniel
• All pages beginning with Nathan

References

1. Umansky, Kaye. "Hammy House". Kaye Umansky.