Nathan Forename
1,543rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 637,189 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Nathan Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘gift’, the name of a prophet, occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C, but mainly a Jewish name.
Read More About This ForenameNathan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 294,582 | 1:1,231 | 266 |
| Brazil | 100% | 41,390 | 1:5,176 | 697 |
| England | 99% | 41,131 | 1:1,352 | 266 |
| Uganda | 100% | 40,060 | 1:1,022 | 180 |
| Australia | - | 31,291 | 1:436 | 96 |
| Kenya | 100% | 18,790 | 1:2,464 | 454 |
| Canada | 100% | 16,523 | 1:2,005 | 415 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,463 | 1:13,189 | 1,584 |
| Rwanda | - | 10,152 | 1:1,120 | 240 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 9,895 | 1:7,461 | 832 |
| Zambia | - | 9,566 | 1:1,657 | 320 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,383 | 1:2,876 | 444 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,817 | 1:6,976 | 1,288 |
| India | 100% | 7,119 | 1:170,653 | 18,433 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 6,862 | 1:1,188 | 130 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,219 | 1:2,752 | 501 |
| Congo | 100% | 5,812 | 1:862 | 128 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,959 | 1:915 | 215 |
| Wales | 99% | 4,372 | 1:708 | 172 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3,935 | 1:13,415 | 1,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,733 | 1:4,132 | 682 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,163 | 1:22,152 | 2,989 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,076 | 1:6,762 | 1,098 |
| Liberia | 99% | 2,950 | 1:1,496 | 263 |
| France | 100% | 2,524 | 1:26,335 | 1,073 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,204 | 1:48,099 | 3,555 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,085 | 1:1,383 | 341 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,021 | 1:8,363 | 1,095 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,668 | 1:8,153 | 1,321 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,527 | 1:19,941 | 2,024 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,384 | 1:15,615 | 1,556 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,189 | 1:9,664 | 1,057 |
| Scotland | 97% | 908 | 1:5,892 | 524 |
| Spain | 100% | 841 | 1:55,327 | 2,125 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 830 | 1:310,800 | 26,804 |
| Namibia | - | 819 | 1:2,936 | 519 |
| Haiti | 100% | 736 | 1:14,575 | 1,366 |
| China | - | 725 | 1:1,884,215 | 42,557 |
| Northern Ireland | 97% | 634 | 1:2,907 | 407 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Mexico | 99% | 552 | 1:224,899 | 3,818 |
| Kuwait | - | 551 | 1:6,870 | 854 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 503 | 1:14,219 | 1,503 |
| Germany | 100% | 490 | 1:197,302 | 3,074 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Egypt | 100% | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 404 | 1:1,438 | 270 |
| Japan | - | 394 | 1:324,838 | 8,944 |
| Oman | - | 366 | 1:11,226 | 1,255 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 339 | 1:573,326 | 12,561 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 317 | 1:491 | 141 |
| Ireland | 100% | 304 | 1:15,275 | 890 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 289 | 1:4,711 | 817 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 270 | 1:30,420 | 1,726 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 266 | 1:39,215 | 2,883 |
| Singapore | 100% | 266 | 1:23,636 | 4,241 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Hong Kong | - | 213 | 1:36,398 | 2,415 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Somalia | - | 199 | 1:67,969 | 3,157 |
| Sweden | 100% | 195 | 1:50,553 | 2,665 |
| Qatar | 98% | 189 | 1:12,538 | 1,995 |
| South Korea | 100% | 182 | 1:30,464 | 2,475 |
| Malta | - | 176 | 1:2,440 | 432 |
| Chile | 98% | 162 | 1:108,686 | 2,674 |
| Botswana | 100% | 142 | 1:15,383 | 1,984 |
| Czechia | 96% | 111 | 1:96,001 | 1,143 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Italy | 99% | 103 | 1:592,836 | 6,018 |
| Cambodia | 53% | 101 | 1:161,122 | 5,741 |
| Bahamas | - | 99 | 1:4,034 | 695 |
| Gibraltar | - | 95 | 1:359 | 72 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Denmark | - | 81 | 1:69,747 | 2,331 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 77 | 1:423,682 | 7,638 |
| Guyana | 100% | 72 | 1:10,601 | 1,585 |
| Russia | 100% | 69 | 1:2,090,344 | 13,923 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 68 | 1:444,145 | 12,399 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 67 | 1:274,320 | 11,196 |
| Ecuador | - | 66 | 1:268,590 | 3,974 |
| Panama | 100% | 65 | 1:60,101 | 3,684 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 60 | 1:79,466 | 2,836 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 60 | 1:384,599 | 15,619 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 58 | 1:943 | 196 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Jersey | 100% | 57 | 1:1,754 | 347 |
| Belize | 100% | 52 | 1:6,814 | 1,210 |
| Peru | 98% | 52 | 1:611,374 | 10,064 |
| Norway | 100% | 51 | 1:100,634 | 3,259 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 50 | 1:3,556 | 629 |
| Burundi | - | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Benin | 100% | 45 | 1:235,019 | 10,498 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 44 | 1:2,105,071 | 3,174 |
| Honduras | 100% | 38 | 1:232,039 | 5,059 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 31 | 1:3,540 | 630 |
| Argentina | 100% | 28 | 1:1,527,616 | 6,532 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Finland | 100% | 24 | 1:228,466 | 3,699 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 22 | 1:5,072 | 876 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 21 | 1:286,587 | 6,256 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Colombia | 100% | 18 | 1:2,654,385 | 19,614 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 18 | 1:894,913 | 4,562 |
| Barbados | - | 17 | 1:17,046 | 1,367 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Nauru | 100% | 17 | 1:702 | 85 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 15 | 1:4,087 | 758 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Iceland | 100% | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Israel | 71% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Nepal | 86% | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Turkey | 75% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Nathán (6), Náthan (5) & Náthán (4) are calculated separately.
Nathan (73,793) may also be a surname.
Nathan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘gift’, the name of a prophet, occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C, but mainly a Jewish name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘a gift’: cf., therefore, the next. The word has something of the dignity that attaches to the Old Testament prophet who so sternly rebuked David.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew נָתָן, Nathán, signifying ‘given.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Nay'-than, who gives or is given. 1. The son of David and Bathsheba, the father of Mattatha. Luke iii. 31; 1 Chron. iii. 5. 2. A prophet of the Lord who appeared in Israel in the time of king David, and had a great share in the confidence of this prince. 2 Sam. vii. 3, &c. 3. The father of Igal. 2 Sam. xxiii. 36. 4. One of the chief of the Jews that returned from captivity, with Ezra. Ezra viii. 16.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a giver.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A gift. Some authorities give this as a form of Nathaniel.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Nate or Nathan is a male name, a shortened version of the name Nathaniel, meaning 'gift of God' in Hebrew.
- natewolfeNathan Forename Popularity
Nathan Demographics
Average Male Nathan Height
177.19 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 16,617 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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