Nate Forename
18,177th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 51,101 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
Nate Forename User-submission:
Nate or Nathan is a male name, a shortened version of the name Nathaniel, meaning 'gift of God' in Hebrew.
Nate Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94% | 44,648 | 1:8,120 | 953 |
| India | 53% | 1,108 | 1:1,096,460 | 69,661 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,093 | 1:30,314 | 2,409 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Australia | - | 366 | 1:37,316 | 2,012 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Nigeria | 56% | 254 | 1:699,072 | 19,637 |
| Benin | 100% | 218 | 1:48,513 | 3,862 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 216 | 1:151,035 | 4,348 |
| Thailand | 79% | 207 | 1:338,482 | 18,300 |
| Uganda | 98% | 197 | 1:207,903 | 7,073 |
| England | 86% | 181 | 1:307,198 | 7,710 |
| China | - | 178 | 1:7,674,471 | 59,421 |
| South Africa | 93% | 135 | 1:403,946 | 20,712 |
| Indonesia | - | 117 | 1:2,204,818 | 110,287 |
| Japan | - | 114 | 1:1,122,685 | 15,714 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| New Zealand | - | 111 | 1:40,865 | 2,421 |
| Ivory Coast | 76% | 92 | 1:250,825 | 11,657 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61% | 84 | 1:97,051 | 8,892 |
| Philippines | 54% | 73 | 1:1,452,185 | 35,402 |
| Russia | 67% | 73 | 1:1,975,804 | 13,396 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 46 | 1:399,554 | 14,568 |
| Germany | 57% | 44 | 1:2,197,224 | 12,262 |
| South Korea | - | 41 | 1:135,230 | 6,077 |
| Netherlands | 84% | 35 | 1:482,917 | 12,005 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Niger | 83% | 25 | 1:767,360 | 13,216 |
| Brazil | 100% | 23 | 1:9,314,615 | 118,042 |
| Nepal | 95% | 23 | 1:1,238,581 | 24,354 |
| Mauritania | 82% | 21 | 1:195,011 | 5,838 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Singapore | 100% | 18 | 1:349,281 | 9,934 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 14 | 1:2,174,996 | 61,888 |
| Yemen | - | 13 | 1:2,022,827 | 3,647 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Spain | - | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Senegal | 67% | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| France | 100% | 7 | 1:9,495,763 | 30,047 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Argentina | - | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6 | 1:891,728 | 9,103 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Israel | 75% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 5 | 1:418,151 | 8,727 |
| Mexico | - | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Switzerland | 69% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Italy | 84% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lesotho | 50% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 83% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 86% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Naté (14), Natè (4) & Natē (1) are calculated separately.
Nate (9,337) may also be a surname.
Nate Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nate or Nathan is a male name, a shortened version of the name Nathaniel, meaning 'gift of God' in Hebrew.
- natewolfeThe name Nate means 'gift from God'.
- bosai_tree321Nate Forename Popularity
Nate Demographics
Average Male Nate Height
177.92 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,707 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Nate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nate in the Russian language | ||
| Натэ | nate | - |
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