as a First Name
English form of a New Testament name, which is derived from the Greek form of a Hebrew name meaning ‘God has given’ (compare Nathan, which is sometimes taken as a short form of this name). It was borne by one of the less prominent of Christ's apostles (John 1:45; 21:2), who in fact is probably identical with Bartholomew. The spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament is Nathanael, but this is in much less frequent use as a given name in the English-speaking world.
| 563rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Nathanael, Nathanial, Nathaneal, Nathaneil, Nathainel, Nathanuel, Nathanual, Nathaniell, Nathanail, Nathanieal
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 87,437
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 229,587
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Nathaniel per capita
- 2002
- marked the height of its popularity
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