Nathanael
| Pronunciation | /nəˈθæniəl/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Allahverdi or Tanrıverdi (in Azerbaijan) |
| Nickname(s) | Nate |
| Related names | Nathaniel, Lim |
Nathaniel (less frequently, Nathanel, Nathanael or Nathanial) is a given name derived from the Greek form of the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), meaning "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El."[1]
Several figures in the Bible bear forms of this name. In the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), the name is shared by a prince (or chieftain) of the Tribe of Issachar (Numbers 7:18-23, in the Naso parsha)[2] and by a brother of King David (1 Chronicles 2:14).[3] In the New Testament, Nathaniel is an apostle or disciple of Christ mentioned in the Gospel of John (1:45; 21:2).
People bearing this name
- Nathanael (follower of Jesus) in the Gospel of John
- Nathaniel Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player
- Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film The Soloist
- Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General
- Nathanial Bates, African-American two-term mayor of Richmond, California
- Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation
- Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor
- Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician
- Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and musician
- Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer
- R. Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943), American composer and choir director
- Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (1969–2011), known as Nate Dogg, American musician
- Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), former US Marine captain
- Nathaniel M. Gorton, American federal judge
- Nathanael Greene, Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), American novelist
- Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), American naval architect
- Nathaniel Jarvis (born 1991), Welsh footballer
- Nathaniel Bar Jonah, convicted kidnapper, suspected serial killer and cannibal
- Nathaniel Lammons, American tennis player
- Nathaniel Ledbetter (born c. 1961), American politician
- Nathaniel Lee, (c. 1653–1692), English dramatist
- Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor
- Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), English footballer
- Nathaniel Lubell (1916–2006), American Olympic fencer
- Nathaniel Miller (born 1979), Canadian water polo player
- Nathaniel Moore (1884–1910), American Olympic golfer
- Nathaniel Moore (disambiguation), various people
- Nathaniel Neale (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player
- Nathaniel Parker (born 1962), English actor
- Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), English explorer in Ethiopia
- Nathaniel Pearlman (born 1965), American entrepreneur
- Nathaniel Peat, British Jamaican social entrepreneur
- Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956), American writer
- Nate Rathbun, known as Audien, American house musician
- Nathaniel Raymond (born 1977), human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
- Nathanial Saltonstall (circa 1639–1707), American judge
- Nathaniel Stern (born 1977), American artist
- Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884), Irish-born Australian writer
- Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784–1851), American author and Virginia political activist
- Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), surgeon and botanist
- Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891–1943), American politician in the Virginia House of Delegates, attorney and coach
- Nathanael West (1903–1940), American writer
- Nathaniel Willemse (born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter
- Nat Wolff (born 1994), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- Nathaniel White (born 1960), American serial killer
- Nate Ruess (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
- Nathaniel Daminar Felicilda (born 1994), Filipino Actor
Fictional characters
- Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald in the Gossip Girl series
- Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of The Mohicans
- Nathaniel Dusk, comic book character, private investigator
- Nathaniel Essex, alter ego of Mister Sinister, a Marvel Comics supervillain widely known as a major enemy of the X-Men
- Nathaniel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. and his father Nathaniel Fisher, Sr. in the television series Six Feet Under
- Nathaniel M. Laxamana, the protagonist in Nathaniel
- Nathaniel (surname unknown, also known as John Mandrake), one of the three main protagonists in the Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
- Captain Nathaniel Flint from Disney’s Treasure Planet
Animals with this name
- Nathaniel (horse), winner of the King Edward VII Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
See also
- Nathan (given name)
- Nate (name)
- All pages with titles beginning with Nathanael
- All pages with titles beginning with Nathanial
- All pages with titles beginning with Nathaniel
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, et al. Oxford Dictionary of First Names (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.
- ^ "The Dilemma of Nisanel ben Tzuar • Torah.org". Torah.org. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Simmons, Rabbi Shraga. "Boys' Names". aishcom. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
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