Natalie

See also: Natálie

English

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Etymology

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday (of Christ), Christmas”). Doublet of Natalya.

Proper noun

Natalie

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1860, Emma V. Hallett, Natalie: A Gem Among the Sea-weeds, W. F. Draper, published 1860, page 264:

     […] often I have listened to my dear brother, as he told me the pretty story of the sad gentleman whom he met, when I was but an infant, and how he spoke to me so tenderly, and sighed for his own Natalie. I had no other name then but Sea-flower, and I have been called by that name ever since; yet after that day, my Christian name was Natalie.

   • 1964, Natalie Robinson Cole, The Arts in the Classroom, The John Day Company, page 129:

     I was ashamed of my very name, Natalie. Nobody else in town had the name Natalie. I wanted to have a name like Frances or Elizabeth, as two of the most popular little girls were named. When old ladies at church would say to me kindly enough,"What's your name, little girl?" I would answer "Natalie," and they would say, "Madaline, Mattie, what did you say?"

   • 1998, Phyllis Nagy, Plays 1, Methuen Drama, →ISBN, page 133:

     ELSTON. Natalie is a beautiful name.
     NATALIE. Well, yes. It is. Thank you.
     ELSTON. A real spy name. My wife Natasha has a spy name and I'm forever telling her […]

Related terms

• Natalia
• natalitial
• Natasha
• Noel
• Noelle

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: نَاتَالِي f (nātālī)
• Belarusian: Ната́лля f (Natállja)
• Catalan: Natàlia f
• Czech: Natálie (cs) f
• Danish: Natalie c
• Esperanto: Natalia
• French: Nathalie (fr) f
• Galician: Natalia (gl) f
• German: Natalie (de) f
• Greek: Ναταλία (el) f (Natalía)
• Hungarian: Natália (hu)
• Italian: Natalia (it) f
• Japanese: ナタリー (Natarī)
• Korean: 나탈리 (Natalli)
• Latvian: Natālija f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Natalie (no)

• Persian: ناتالی (fa) (nâtâli)
• Polish: Natalia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Natália (pt) f
• Russian: Ната́лья (ru) f (Natálʹja)
• Spanish: Natalia (es) f
• Swahili: Natalia
• Swedish: Natalia c, Nathalie (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Ната́лія f (Natálija), Ната́лка f (Natálka), Ната́ля f (Natálja)

Anagrams

• antliae, laniate, taenial

Danish

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Proper noun

Natalie

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Natascha, Natasha, Natasja

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.taːˌli/

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• Hyphenation: Na‧ta‧lie

Proper noun

Natalie f

1. Alternative form of Nathalie.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ta.li/

Proper noun

Natalie f

1. a female given name of modern usage, variant of Natalia

German

Alternative forms

• Nathalie, Natali

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Natalie

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Natascha

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Proper noun

Natalie

1. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Natalie c (genitive Natalies)

1. a female given name of modern usage, variant of Natalia