as a Last Name
- 1,689
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nathaniel
Meaning & Origins
From the Biblical Hebrew personal name meaning ‘given by God’. This was borne by a minor prophet in the Bible (2 Samuel 7:2). It is found as both a Jewish and Gentile surname in Europe. In South India it is used as a given name among Christians, and in the U.S. it has come to be used as a family name among South Indian Christians.
| 17,109th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,689
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Nathaniel per capita
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