Nathan is a masculine

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. It is derived from the

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verb meaning ''gave'' ( standard Hebrew Natan,

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

Nussen/Nosson,

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Nāṯān).

In the Bible

Nathan (prophet) Nathan ( 'given'; ) is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles (especially , ). Biblical accounts Nathan was a court prophet in the time of King David. He is introduced in and ...

, a prophet who lived in the time of Kings David and Solomon *

Nathan (son of David) Nathan () was the youngest son among four or five children born to King David and Bathsheba in Jerusalem if names were written in order in the Bible (besides Solomon). He was a younger brother of Shammuah (sometimes referred to as Shammua or Shime ...

, son of David and his wife Bathsheba

Notable people with this name

* Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people *

Nathan of Gaza Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi (), more famously known as Nathan of Gaza (; 1643–1680), or Ghazzati, was a theologian and author born in Jerusalem. After his marriage in 1663 he moved to Gaza, where he became famous as a pro ...

, 17th century prophet

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* Nathan Adams (born 1991), footballer * Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer * Nathan Aké (born 1995), footballer currently playing for

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

* Nathan Allen (born 1813), physician *

Nathan Alterman Nathan Alterman (; August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Labor Zionist politics, both before and after the es ...

(1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator * Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli rugby player * Nathan Aspinall (born 1991), English professional darts player * Nathan Astle (born 1971), New Zealand cricketer *

Nathan Azarcon Nathan Peter Hachero Azarcon (born January 29, 1975) is a Filipino musician, nationalist, songwriter, and producer. He is currently the bassist, vocalist and one of the founding members of Pinoy rock, Filipino rock band Rivermaya. He was also a m ...

Filipino bass player and nationalist

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* Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician * Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher * Nathan Bostock (born 1960), British banker * Nathan Brown (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer * Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer *

Nathan Chen Nathan Wei Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skating, figure skater. He is the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World Figure Skating Championships#Men, World champion ...

(born 1999), American figure skater * Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player *

Nate Clements Nathan D. Clements (born December 12, 1979) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio ...

(born 1979), American football player * Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player * Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923–1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster * Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower * Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster * Nathan Connolly (born 1981), lead guitarist for Snow Patrol * Nathan Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Coulter-Nile (born 1987), Australian cricketer * Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player

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* Nathan Dawe (born 1994), English DJ and record producer * Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia * Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter

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* Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian

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* Nathan Fagan-Gayle (born 1986), British musician known as Nathan * Nathan Fernandes (born 2005), Brazilian footballer * Nathan Feuerstein (born 1991), American rapper, known by his stage name NF * Nathan Fielder (born 1983), Canadian comedian and host of

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American Cable television in the United States, cable television channel, channel owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks, network division's Paramount Media Networks#MTV Entertainment Group, MTV Ente ...

television series '' Nathan for You''. * Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor * Nathan Fong (1959–2020), Canadian chef *

Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821October 29, 1877) was an List of slave traders of the United States, American slave trader, active in the lower Mississippi River valley, who served as a General officers in the Confederate States Army, Con ...

(1821–1877), Civil War general in the Confederate Army * Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player

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* Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor * Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player *

Nathan Glantz Nathan Glantz was an early 20th-century American jazz bandleader. Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra had a number of aliases. The orchestra produced many recordings, including the following compositions: * ''June Nig ...

, American jazz bandleader * Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), US Congressman from West Virginia *

Nathan Gunn Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world. He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he is currently a professor of voice ...

(born 1970) American opera singer

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Nathan Hale Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an Military intelligence, intelligence ...

(1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution * Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American businessman * Nathan Hartono (born 1991), Singaporean-Indonesian singer-songwriter * Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer * Nathan Head (born 1980), British actor notable for his work in the horror genre

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* Nate James (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player * Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), several people * Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker * Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (1975–2021), American drummer for the band Slipknot * Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman

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* Nathan Katz (judoka) (born 1995), Olympic judoka * Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Konstandopoulos (born 1996), Australian footballer * Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor

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Nathan Lane Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been Nathan Lane on screen and stage, on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Na ...

(born 1956), American actor * Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author * Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician * Nathan Lawrence, American actor * Nathan Lawson (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor * Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball player * Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer *

Nathan Lyons Nathan Lyons (January 10, 1930 – August 31, 2016) was an American photographer, curator, and educator. He exhibited his photographs from 1956 onwards, produced books of his own and edited those of others. Lyons was also a curator of photography ...

(1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator

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* Nate Mack (1891–1965), Polish-born American banker; co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas *

Nathan MacKinnon Nathan Raymond MacKinnon (born September 1, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). MacKinnon was selected first overall by the Avalanche in the ...

(born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player * Nathan Mavila (born 1995), English footballer * Nathan Martorella (born 2001), American baseball player * Nathan McCall (born 1955), American author *

Nate McLouth Nathan Richard McLouth (born October 28, 1981) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. He was pri ...

(born 1981), American baseball player * Nathan Mensah (born 1998), Ghanaian basketball player * Nathan Merritt (born 1982), Australian rugby player * Nathan Méténier (born 1999), French climate activist * Nathan Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player *

Nathan Milstein Nathan Mironovich Milstein ( – December 21, 1992) was a Russian and American virtuoso violinist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and for wo ...

(1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist *

Nathan Myhrvold Nathan Paul Myhrvold (born August 3, 1959), formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, is co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and the principal author of ''Modernist Cuisine'' and its successor books. Early life and education Myhrvold w ...

(born 1959), former Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures

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* Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian rugby player * Nathan Perkovich (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player * Nathan Peterman (born 1994), American football player * Nathan Pickering (born 2000), American football player * Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa

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* Nathan J. Robinson (biologist) (1986), British Marine Biologist and Science Communicator. *

Nathan Rosen Nathan Rosen (; March 22, 1909 – December 18, 1995) was an American and Israeli physicist noted for his study on the structure of the hydrogen molecule and his collaboration with Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky on entangled wave functions and ...

(1909–1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist; originator of the concept of Einstein-Rosen Bridges, also known as wormholes * Nathan Rourke (born 1998), American football player *

Nathan Mayer Rothschild Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836), also known as Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a British-German banker, businessman and finance, financier. Born in Free City of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of ...

(1777–1836), German Jewish banker

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Nate Saint Nathanael Saint (30 August 19238 January 1956) was an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian missionary Aviator, pilot who, along with four others, was killed in Ecuador while attempting to Evangelism, evangelize the Huaorani people, Huaorani peop ...

(1923–1956), American missionary pilot * Nathan Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer * Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist * Nathan Shepherd (born 1993), Canadian-American football player *

Nate Silver Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, political analyst, author, sports gambler, and poker player who Sabermetrics, analyzes baseball, basketball and Psephology, elections. He is the founder of ''FiveThirty ...

(born 1978), American statistician and writer * Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Soltz (born c.1977), American politician *

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett (born December 4 1985) is a British actor. He starred as Curtis Donovan in the E4 series '' Misfits'' (2009–2012) and Ian in the Channel 4 series ''Utopia'' (2013–2014). He is also known for his theatre work, ...

(born 1985), British actor *

Nathan Sykes Nathan James Sykes (born 18 April 1993) is an English singer, best known as a member of the boy band The Wanted. In 2013, Sykes appeared with his bandmates in the E! channel reality television series '' The Wanted Life''. After the band's hia ...

(born 1974), English rugby player * Nathan James Sykes (born 1993), English singer, songwriter and record producer

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* Nate Teut (born 1976), Former Major League pitcher for Florida Marlins * Nathan Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Tjoe-A-On (born 2001), Indonesian footballer * Nathan Trent (born 1992), Austrian singer * Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

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* Nathan Wadsworth, American politician * Nathan Walker (born 1994), Welsh-born Australian ice hockey player * Nathan Witt (1903–1982), American lawyer * Nathan Wood (disambiguation) (multiple people)

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* Nathan Zach (1930–2020), Israeli poet

Fictional characters

Nathan the Wise ''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: , ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsches ...

, eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing *

Big Nate ''Big Nate'' (stylized as ''big NATE'' in the List of Big Nate collections, comic collections and ''BiG NATE'' in the Big Nate#Book series, books) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce, syndicated since January ...

, eponymous comic strip character * Nate the Great, eponymous protagonist of the book series by Marjorie W. Sharmat *

Nathan Nathan or Natan may refer to: People and biblical figures *Nathan (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Nathan (surname) *Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible *Nathan (son of David), a biblical figu ...

, a customer played by Andrew Black in the British web series '' Corner Shop Show''. * Nathan, a character in '' Me before you '' * Nathan Bailey, a character in the British soap opera, '' Doctors'' * Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera, '' Brookside'' * Nathan Daldry, a character in the 2012 young adult novel Every Day * Nathan Detroit, from the stage musical ''

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Run ...

'', played by

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

in the

film adaptation A film adaptation transfers the details or story of an existing source text, such as a novel, into a feature film. This transfer can involve adapting most details of the source text closely, including characters or plot points, or the original sou ...

. * Nathan Drake, protagonist of the ''

Uncharted ''Uncharted'' is an action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog. Created by Amy Hennig, the ''Uncharted'' franchise follows a group of treasure hunters who trav ...

'' video games * Nathan Explosion, a character in the cartoon series ''

Metalocalypse ''Metalocalypse'' is an American Musical film, musical adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. It premiered on August 6, 2006. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic deat ...

'' * Nathan "Nate" Ford, the main character and "mastermind" in the action crime drama caper TV series '' Leverage'' *

Nathan Never ''Nathan Never'' is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comics, Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore. It is written by Michele Medda, Antonio Serra (comics), Antonio Serra and Bepi Vigna. Art ...

, eponymous protagonist of the Italian science fiction comic book *

Nathan Petrelli ''Heroes'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover that they have sup ...

, a character in the NBC science fiction series ''Heroes'' * Nathan Prescott, antagonist of the '' Life Is Strange'' video games * Nathan Roberts, a character in the Australian soap opera, ''Home and Away'' * Nathan Sallery, a character in the British soap opera ''Doctors'' * Nathan Scott, a character in the television series ''One Tree Hill'' * Nathan Sears, a character in the ''

Final Destination 5 ''Final Destination 5'' is a 2011 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and serves as a prequel to the 2000 origi ...

'' * Nathan Stark, a character in the television series '' Eureka'' * Nathan Summers, a Marvel Comic Book character who is a mutant and Super-Hero from the ''X-Men'' and ''X-Force'' * Nathan Williams, a character in the British Soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'' * Nathan Young character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama Misfits * Nathan Zuckerman, narrator or protagonist in many of Philip Roth's works of fiction

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