Nathaniel - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Nathaniel \n(a)-tha-

is pronounced na-THAN-yel. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "God has given". Biblical: one of the 12 apostles, who was also called Bartholomew. Used by the Puritans. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne; musician Nat "King" Cole.

Nathaniel has 15 variant forms: Nat, Natanael, Nataniel, Nate, Nathan, Nathanael, Nathaneal, Nathanial, Nathanyal, Nathanyel, Natty, Nethanel, Nethaniel, Nethanyel and Thaniel.

Nathaniel is a very common first name for men (#206 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#11179 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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