Nathaniel

Where Nathaniel comes from

Modification, under influence of Daniel, of Nathanael, from Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nathaniel
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1804
    Nathaniel Hawthorne born
    American author
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #200 among boys — 60 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1991
    Nathaniel Clyne born
    English association football player
  4. 1998
    Peak, #60
    6,427 babies named Nathaniel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #122.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne · American author, 1804–1864
  • Nathaniel Clyne · English association football player, born 1991
  • Nathaniel Chalobah · English footballer, born 1994
  • Nathaniel Brown · German association football player, born 2003
  • Nathaniel Lord Britton · American botanist and geologist, 1859–1934

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.