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Origin:
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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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |