Nataniel
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he gave God; a form of Nathaniel.
Nataniel by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Nataniel. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Nathaniel
Like Nataniel, each of these traces back to Nathaniel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Nathaliahe gave; a form of Nathan or Nathaniel261 in the US (2017)
- NataniaGod gave; feminine form of Nathan or Nathaniel12 in England and Wales (2025)
- NathanelGod gave; variant of Nathaniel11 in the US (2017)
- Nethanielgod has given; a form of Nathaniel7 in the US (2017)
- NethanelGod gave; a form of Nathaniel6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nataniel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- NathanielGod gave; he gave3,504 in the US (2017)
- Natanaelhe gave or God gave53 in the US (2017)
- Natanelhe gave; god gave; a form of nathaniel5 in the US (2017)
- Nathanaelhe gave; god has given398 in the US (2017)
- Nathanialhe gave or God gave; variant of Nathaniel54 in the US (2017)
- Natnaelhe gave god; ethiopian form of Nathanael14 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Nataniel, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nataniel
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