Nathan (given name)

Nathan
	Nathan the Prophet (right) advising king David (center)
Pronunciation	/ˈneɪθən/ NAY-thǝn
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).

Notable people with this name

Nathan Adams (born 1991), English footballer
Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer
Nathan Agostinelli (1930–2024), American politician
Nathan Aké (born 1995), Dutch footballer
Nathan Allen (born 1813), American physician
Nathan Alterman (1910–1970), 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 Aspinall (ice hockey) (born 2006), Canadian ice hockey player
Nathan Astle (born 1971), New Zealand cricketer
Nathan Azarcon, Filipino bass player and nationalist
Nathan L. Bachman (1878–1937), American judge and politician
Nathan Badeen (died 1776), Syrian American soldier
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
Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Cameron (born 1991), English 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
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 Matthew David, American film score composer
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 Dlamini (born 2007), English footballer
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 (essayist) (1766–1836), English essayist and writer on Shakespeare
Nathan Drake (artist) (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
Nathan Earle (rugby union) (born 1994), English professional rugby union footballer
Nathan Earle (cyclist) (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 (disambiguation), several people
Nathan Eyres-Brown (born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer
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
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
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 Heaney (born 1989), English boxer
Nathan Hendricks (born 2005), South African Paralympic swimmer
Nathan Henry, British reality TV personality
Nathan Hill (born 1975), American fiction writer
Nathan W. Hill (born 1979), American linguist and Tibetologist
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
Nathan Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nathan Jones (born 1970), Australian professional wrestler
Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman
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 (poet) (1892–1981), Jewish Alsatian poet
Nathan Katz (judoka) (born 1995), Australian Olympic judoka
Nathan Katz (professor), 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
Nathan Knight (born 1997), American basketball player
Nathan Knorr (1905–1977), American Christian minister
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
Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
Nathan Larson (born 1970), American film music composer
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
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
Nathan Page (born 1971), Australian actor
Nathan Pare (born 2005), American snowboarder
Nathan Parker (1904–1991), American football player
Nathan Parker, English screenwriter
Nathan Parsons (born 1988), American actor
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
Nathan Roberts (born 1986), Australian volleyball player
Nathan Robertson (born 1977), English badminton player
Nathan Robinson (disambiguation), several people
Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist
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
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
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
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
Nathan Yau, American statistician and data visualization expert
Nathan Yellin-Mor (1913–1980), Israeli politician
Nathan Young (born 2002), Canadian curler
Nathan Young-Coombes (born 2003), English footballer
Nathan Youngblood (born 1954), Native American potter
Nathan Zach (1930–2020), Israeli poet
Nathan Zézé (born 2005), French footballer
Nathan Zohoré (born 2000), French footballer
Nathan Zsombor-Murray (born 2003), Canadian diver
Nathan Zuntz (1847–1920), German physiologist
Nathan Zuzga (born 1985), American soccer player

Fictional characters

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 from South Park
Nathan the Wise, eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Nathan Bitner, a character in the Masters of the Universe franchise
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 in the 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

Notable people with this name

Fictional characters

See also