Nathan



Gender:
Origin: Hebrew, Indian, Latin
1186 famous people named Nathan found on Wikipedia.
549297 male, 1748 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 48-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 20-th in year 2005
Used in: Biblical, English, French, Hebrew

Meanings

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “gift.”.


Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נתן meaning to give (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".
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.


Masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Nathan, literally "he has given," from verb nathan, related to mattan "gift."


From Hebrew Natan: he gave, gift from God. Lord Krishna.

Famous People: 1186 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Nathan Fillion 1971 Canadian-American actor
2 Nathan Lane 1956 American actor
3 Nathan Kress 1992 American actor
4 Nathan Bedford Forrest 1821 Confederate Army general
5 Nathan Adrian 1988 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
6 Tony Nathan 1956 American football player and coach
7 Nathan Sykes 1993 Singer from England
8 Nathan Hale 1755 Soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
9 Nathan Aké 1995 Dutch football player
10 Nathan Drake Fictional character
11 Nathan Fielder 1983 Canadian actor
12 Nathan Redmond 1994 English footballer
13 Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1777 Banker
14 Nathan Scott 1988 Fictional character from the television series One Tree Hill
15 Nathan Darrow 1976 American actor
16 David Nathan 1971 German voice actor
17 Nathan Dyer 1987 Footballer
18 S. R. Nathan 1924 President of Singapore 1999–2011
19 Nathan Page 1971 Australian actor
20 Nathan Cleverly 1987 British boxer
21 Nathan Young
22 Nathan MacKinnon 1995 Canadian ice hockey player
23 Nathan Hartono 1991 Singaporean singer and actor
24 Nathan Deal 1942 American politician
25 Nathan Barnatt 1981 American actor and comedian
26 Nathan Stewart-Jarrett 1985 English actor
27 Nathan Gamble 1998 American actor
28 Nathan Chen 1999 Figure skater
29 Nathan Parsons 1988 Australian actor
30 Nathan O'Toole 1998 Irish actor
31 Nathan Blecharczyk 1984 American businessman
32 Nathan East 1955 American musician
33 Nathan Petrelli Fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes
34 Nathan Barksdale 1961 American drug dealer
35 Nathan Horton 1985 Canadian ice hockey centre
36 Nathan Phelps 1958 Author
37 Joe Nathan 1974 Major League Baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization
38 Nathan Allan de Souza 1996 Brazilian footballer
39 Nathan Oduwa 1996 English footballer
40 Nathan Jawai 1986 Australian basketball player
41 Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild 1840 British banker and politician
42 Nathan Owens 1984 American actor, model and television actor
43 Nathan Delfouneso 1991 Footballer
44 Nathan Carter 1990 Irish country singer
45 Nathan Eovaldi 1990 American baseball player
46 Nathan Riggs
47 Nathan Myhrvold 1959 Former CTO at Microsoft
48 Nathan Fyfe 1991 Australian footballer
49 Nathan Buckley 1972 Australian rules footballer
50 Nathan Hughes 1991 Fijian rugby union player
51 Nathan Lee Graham 1968 Actor
52 Nathan Burns 1988 Australian soccer player
53 Nathan Bedford Forrest III 1905 U.S. Army Air Forces general
54 Nathan McCullum 1980 New Zealand cricketer
55 Tobie Nathan 1948 French psychologist and writer
56 Nathan Gerbe 1987 American ice hockey player
57 Nathan Astle 1971 New Zealand cricketer
58 Nathan McMullen British actor
59 Nathan Third of four sons born to King David and Bathsheba
60 Nathan Bracken 1977 Cricketer
61 Nathan Ballard California politician
62 Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse 1976 American actor
63 Nathan Trent 1992 Austrian singer
64 Nathan Hindmarsh 1979 Australian rugby league player
65 Jared Nathan 1985 American child actor
66 Nathan Ellington 1981 Footballer
67 Nathan Beaulieu 1992 Canadian ice hockey defenceman
68 Nathan West
69 Nathan Kirsh 1932 South African businessman
70 Nathan Byrne 1992 Footballer
71 Nathan Davis 1919 American film and television actor
72 Nathan Rosen 1909 Israeli physicist
73 Nathan Pacheco 1980 American singer
74 Nathan Coulter-Nile 1987 Australian Cricketer
75 Nathan Tinkler 1976 Australia businessman
76 Nathan Boone 1780
77 Nathan Connolly 1981 Musician, singer
78 Nathan Tyson 1982 Footballer
79 Nathan Peterman 1994
80 Nathan Outlaw 1973 Chef
81 Nathan Coy 1978 American martial artist
82 Nathan Larson 1970 American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
83 Tonie Nathan 1923 American politician
84 Nathan Zuckerman
85 Nathan Cleary 1997
86 Nathan Bedford Forrest II 1872 Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon
87 Nathan Mack Actor
88 Nathan Milstein 1904 American musician
89 Nathan Caton 1984 English comedian
90 Nathan Eccleston 1990 Footballer
91 Nathan Straus 1848 American businessman
92 Nathan Arnold 1987 Footballer
93 Nathan Gill 1974 UK politician
94 Nathan Sawaya 1973 American artist
95 Nathan Rabin 1976 American film critic
96 Nathan Cullen 1972 Canadian politician
97 Nathan Blake 1972 Footballer
98 Nathan Greno 1975 American film director and animator
99 Howard Nathan 1972 American basketball player
100 Nathan Peats 1990 Rugby player
101 Nathan Mauger 1978 New Zealand rugby union player
102 Nathan Vasher 1981 Player of American football
103 Nathan Farragut Twining 1897 United States general
104 Nathan Law 1993 Hong Kong politician
105 Nathan Handwerker 1892 Restaurateur
106 George Jean Nathan 1882 American drama critic and magazine editor
107 Nathan Ablett 1985 Australian footballer
108 Nathan Moore 1965 British singer
109 Nathan Mileikowsky 1879 Rabbi, educator, writer and prominent Zionist activist
110 Nathan Keyes 1985 American actor
111 Nathan Watts 1954 American musician
112 Nathan Söderblom 1866 Swedish clergyman
113 Starboy Nathan 1986 Singer
114 Nathan Corbett 1979 Australian-New Zealander kickboxer
115 Nathan George 1936 American actor
116 Nathan Pritikin 1915 American nutritionist
117 Nathan Hirayama 1988 Rugby player
118 Nathan Walker 1994 Australian ice hockey player
119 Nathan Catt 1988 English rugby union player
120 Nathan Kabasele 1994 Footballer
121 Nathan Barr 1973 American musician
122 Nathan Cruz 1990
123 Nathan Thomas 1994 Footballer
124 Nathan Hauritz 1981 Australian cricketer
125 Nathan Homer Knorr 1905 Jehovah's Witnesses leader
126 Nathan Sharpe 1978 Australian rugby union player
127 Nathan Chapman 1970 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
128 Nathan Blissett 1990
129 Nathan Cavaleri 1982 Australian film actor, musician, guitarist
130 Nathan Friend 1981 Australian rugby league player
131 Nathan Morris 1979 British evangelist
132 Nathan Foley 1979 Australian dancer
133 Nathan Thompson 1990 English footballer
134 Nathan Johnson 1976 American film composer, songwriter and music producer
135 Nathan Gunn 1970 Operatic baritone
136 Nathan Fletcher 1976 American politician
137 Nathan Azarcon 1975 Musician, songwriter, producer
138 Nathan Earle 1994 English rugby union player
139 Nathan Baker 1991 English footballer
140 Nathan Stanley 1989 Player of American football
141 Nathan Doyle 1987 Footballer
142 Nathan Stephenson 1986 Canadian actor
143 Nathan Outteridge 1986 Australian sailor
144 Nathan Rees 1968 Australian politician
145 Nathan Filer British academic
146 Nathan Rosenberg 1927 American economist
147 Nathan White 1981 Rugby Union player
148 Nathan Alterman 1910 Israeli poet
149 Nathan Fake 1983 British musician
150 Nathan E. Cook 1885 American centenarian
151 Nathan Englander 1970 Short story writer
152 Nathan Coe 1984 Australian soccer player
153 Matthew Nathan 1862 British colonial administrator
154 Nathan Sturgis 1987 American soccer player
155 Nathan Constance 1979 British actor
156 Nathan Clifford 1803 American politician
157 Richard M. Nathan Cinematographer
158 Nathan Ross 1988
159 Robert Nathan 1894 American novelist and poet
160 Nathan Hines 1976 Scottish rugby union player
161 Nathan Lyon American chef
162 Nathan Gale 1979
163 Nathan Furst 1978 American television and film composer
164 Nathan Seiberg 1956 American physicist
165 Syd Nathan 1904 American music executive
166 Nathan Glazer 1923 American sociologist
167 Nathan H. Juran 1907 American film director
168 Nathan Palmer 1989 American football player
169 Nathan M. Newmark 1910 American engineer
170 Nathan Guy 1970 New Zealand politician
171 Nathan Altman 1889 Russian artist
172 Alison J. Nathan 1972 American judge
173 Nathan Phillips 1892 Canadian politician
174 Nathan Meeker 1817 American journalist
175 Nathan Charles 1989 Australian rugby union player
176 Nathan Stubblefield 1860 American radio pioneer
177 Nathan Cohen 1986 New Zealand rower
178 Nathan Hare 1933 American anthropologist
179 Nathan Pond 1985 Footballer
180 Nathan Merritt 1983 Australian rugby league player
181 Nathan Woolfe 1988 Footballer
182 Nathan Krakouer 1988 Australian rules footballer
183 Nathan Hastings
184 Nathan Edmondson 1967 Comic book writer
185 Nathan Stephens 1988 Paralympic Welsh athlete
186 Nathan Gregory Silvermaster 1898 Russian-American spy
187 Nathan Vardy 1991 Australian rules footballer
188 Nathan Jones 1988 Australian rules footballer
189 Abie Nathan 1927 Israeli peace activist, humanist, pilot
190 Nathan Robertson 1977 Badminton player
191 Nathan Blacklock 1976 Australian dual code rugby player
192 Nathan Hope 2000 Cinematographer, film and television director
193 Nathan Bruckenthal 1979 United States Coast Guardsman
194 Nathan Jacobson 1910 American mathematician
195 Nathan Lopez 1991 Filipino actor
196 Nathan Good 1975 American musician
197 James Nathan 1973 British game show competitor
198 Nathan Grima 1985 Australian rules footballer
199 Nathan Brown 1991 Cyclist
200 Nathan Wylde