Nathan
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nathan
- An Old Testament prophet.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 12:5–7:
- And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […]
- A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
- 1972 Nate Perlmutter, A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew, Arlington House, →ISBN, page 27:
- I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying.
- 2007 Rose Lamatt, Lifeline Online, →ISBN, page 128:
- He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name.
- 1972 Nate Perlmutter, A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew, Arlington House, →ISBN, page 27:
- An English patronymic surname transferred from the given name
- Lua error in Module:names at line 633: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template, a variant of Natan.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.
Usage notes
- A popular given name in English-speaking countries from the 1980s.
Alternative forms
- (English surname): Nation
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
biblical prophet
male given name
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Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Nathan, from Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for English Jonathan.
Proper noun
Nathan
- (biblical) Nathan
- a male given name from Hebrew
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nathan ?
- Nathan (biblical prophet).
- a male given name, currently popular.
German
Proper noun
Nathan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nathans)
- Nathan (biblical prophet).
- a male given name
Portuguese
Proper noun
Nathan m
- a male given name, variant of Natã
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