Nathan

Where Nathan comes from

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nathan
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1866
    Nathan Söderblom born
    Swedish clergyman and archbishop
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #115 among boys — 114 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1971
    Nathan Fillion born
    Canadian-American actor
  4. 2004
    Peak, #20
    14,634 babies named Nathan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #48.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Nathan Söderblom · Swedish clergyman and archbishop, 1866–1931
  • Nathan Fillion · Canadian-American actor, born 1971
  • Nathan Aké · Dutch footballer, born 1995
  • Nathan Lane · American actor, born 1956
  • Nathan Burns · Australian association football player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.