Nathanial
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he gave or God gave; variant of Nathaniel.
Nathanial by the numbers
Nathanial was given to 54 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 371 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Nathaniel
Like Nathanial, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nathanial. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- NathanielGod gave; he gave3,504 in the US (2017)
- Nathanealhe gave or god gave; form of nathaniel7 in the US (2017)
- Nathanaelhe gave; god has given398 in the US (2017)
- Natanielhe gave God; a form of Nathaniel7 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)
Other names that mean God
Like Nathanial, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nathanial
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