Nathaniel Forename
4,429th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 236,460 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia
Nathaniel Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘gift of God’, the name of one of the apostles, generally known by his patronymic Bartholomew (q.v.). This name has only been noted once in the Middle Ages, but it became fairly common after the Reformation, often abbreviated to Nat.
Read More About This ForenameNathaniel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 87,212 | 1:4,157 | 639 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 38,292 | 1:4,637 | 782 |
| Ghana | 100% | 29,610 | 1:911 | 203 |
| Philippines | 99% | 22,308 | 1:4,752 | 806 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,837 | 1:721 | 169 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8,191 | 1:539 | 109 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,927 | 1:9,201 | 1,603 |
| England | 99% | 3,984 | 1:13,957 | 997 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,842 | 1:12,053 | 1,438 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,301 | 1:873 | 224 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,372 | 1:22,255 | 2,200 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,891 | 1:8,156 | 1,153 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,710 | 1:19,376 | 1,784 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,342 | 1:16,103 | 1,590 |
| India | 100% | 1,323 | 1:918,275 | 61,731 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,149 | 1:7,095 | 742 |
| Australia | - | 1,115 | 1:12,249 | 1,050 |
| Chad | 100% | 927 | 1:14,669 | 2,417 |
| Brazil | 100% | 907 | 1:236,203 | 9,940 |
| Malawi | 100% | 783 | 1:21,855 | 1,932 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 637 | 1:912 | 178 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 488 | 1:2,790 | 539 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 487 | 1:3,785 | 482 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 443 | 1:582,311 | 42,051 |
| Thailand | 100% | 434 | 1:161,442 | 11,505 |
| France | 100% | 416 | 1:159,784 | 2,880 |
| Bahamas | - | 391 | 1:1,021 | 256 |
| Botswana | 100% | 317 | 1:6,891 | 1,092 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| New Zealand | - | 309 | 1:14,680 | 1,313 |
| Zambia | - | 288 | 1:55,051 | 3,325 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 243 | 1:125,308 | 8,301 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 240 | 1:307,615 | 12,192 |
| Panama | 100% | 238 | 1:16,414 | 1,771 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 228 | 1:683 | 221 |
| Scotland | 100% | 210 | 1:25,478 | 1,112 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 179 | 1:58,275 | 3,683 |
| Benin | 100% | 165 | 1:64,096 | 4,632 |
| Mexico | 99% | 146 | 1:850,304 | 7,441 |
| Spain | 100% | 142 | 1:327,676 | 5,189 |
| Wales | 99% | 135 | 1:22,921 | 1,196 |
| Japan | - | 117 | 1:1,093,898 | 15,536 |
| Germany | 100% | 112 | 1:863,195 | 7,213 |
| Guyana | 100% | 112 | 1:6,815 | 1,154 |
| Grenada | 100% | 101 | 1:1,071 | 209 |
| Belize | 100% | 94 | 1:3,769 | 826 |
| Singapore | 100% | 91 | 1:69,089 | 6,963 |
| Ireland | 100% | 90 | 1:51,595 | 1,669 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 82 | 1:206,123 | 7,683 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 82 | 1:1,361 | 241 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 79 | 1:1,258 | 267 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| Czechia | 100% | 70 | 1:152,231 | 1,388 |
| Sweden | 100% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| Namibia | - | 67 | 1:35,883 | 2,569 |
| China | - | 64 | 1:21,344,622 | 60,454 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 61 | 1:1,799 | 367 |
| Uganda | 100% | 59 | 1:694,185 | 14,042 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 54 | 1:1,016 | 220 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Pakistan | 52% | 45 | 1:4,319,060 | 43,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Belgium | 100% | 42 | 1:273,572 | 5,773 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Lesotho | 96% | 34 | 1:60,000 | 6,020 |
| Chile | 100% | 32 | 1:550,225 | 6,424 |
| Russia | 60% | 30 | 1:4,807,790 | 23,740 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 28 | 1:293,339 | 5,808 |
| Hong Kong | - | 27 | 1:287,138 | 3,601 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,359 | 317 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 23 | 1:207,302 | 4,707 |
| Norway | 100% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Italy | 100% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 13 | 1:273,100 | 2,915 |
| Iceland | - | 12 | 1:30,501 | 1,954 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Finland | 100% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Israel | 96% | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 11 | 1:117,980 | 3,424 |
| Afghanistan | - | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Hungary | 67% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Senegal | 80% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
The alternate forms: Nathaniël (150) & Nathaniél (1) are calculated separately.
Nathaniel (43,319) may also be a surname.
Nathaniel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘gift of God’, the name of one of the apostles, generally known by his patronymic Bartholomew (q.v.). This name has only been noted once in the Middle Ages, but it became fairly common after the Reformation, often abbreviated to Nat.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, ‘gift of God.’ The older form is Nathanael, Nathaneel. Since, in the list of apostles, Nathanael is called by his patronymic (Bartholomaios), Nathanael was neglected until the English adopted Italian (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל, N’thanel, from n’than-El, given of God, or gift of God.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Hebrew name, meaning: Gift of God.
— 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.
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