Nathan
Nathan , in other spelling Natan , is a short form of the male given name Nathanael , which also appears as a family name. The best-known name bearer is the biblical prophet Natan .
Origin and meaning
The name originally comes from Old Hebrew ( Hebrew נתן (he gave) ). He is a short form of the male given name Nathanael . With the addition of El , the name means "God has given".
variants
Nathanja (Natanja) is a female given name from Hebrew with the components Nathan "has given" and Yes , short form of YHWH (cf. Isaiah ). Like Nathanael, Nathanja means “God has given”.
The Greek first names Theodor (Θεόδωρος) and Dorothea , composed of θεός theos “god” and δώρον dōron “gift”, have the same meaning .
A common English short form is Nate .
Name bearer
- Natan (prophet) , biblical prophet who accused King David of his adultery (2 Samuel 12)
- Nathan (son of David) , one of the sons of King David and ancestor of Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospel of Luke
- Natan the Babylonian , ancient Jewish scholar
First name
- Natan (* 1991), Brazilian soccer player, see Mairon Natan Pereira Maciel Oliveira
- Nathan (soccer player) (* 1996), Brazilian soccer player
- Nathan Abshire (1913–1981), American accordion player
- Nathan Ackerman (1908–1971), American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and university professor
- Nathan Adler (1741–1800), German Kabbalist and rabbi
- Nathan Adrian (* 1988), American freestyle swimmer
- Nathan Aké (* 1995), Dutch football player
- Nathan Alterman (1910–1970), Israeli writer and Zionist
- Natan Issajewitsch Altman (1889–1970), Soviet painter
- Natan Andrei (* around 1953), American physicist
- Nathan Appleton (1779–1861), American politician
- Nathan Asch (1902–1964), Polish-American writer
- Nathan Beauregard (1887 / 1896–1970), American blues guitarist and singer
- Nathan Birnbaum (writer) (1864–1937), Jewish writer and Zionist
- Nathan Birnbaum , known as George Burns (1896-1996), American comedian
- Nathan Bonx , known as Nat Bonx (1900-1950), American songwriter and songwriter
- Nathan von Brazlaw (1780–1844), Rabbi, leader of the Brazlaw Hasidim
- Nathan T. Carr (1833–1885), American politician
- Nathan Chen (* 1999), American figure skater
- Nathan Clifford (1803–1881), American lawyer, diplomat, politician, Attorney General and judge
- Nathan Cole (1825–1904), American politician
- Natan Darty (1920–2010), French entrepreneur
- Nathan Deal (* 1942), American politician
- Nathan Evans (1804–1879), American politician
- Nathan Ferguson (* 2000), English football player
- Nathan Fillion (* 1971), Canadian actor
- Nathan Frank (1852–1931), American politician
- Nathan Gaither (1788–1862), American politician
- Nathan Gamble (poker player) (born 1989 or 1990), American poker player
- Nathan Gamble (actor) (born 1998), American actor
- Nathan of Gaza ( Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha ha-Levi Ghazzati ; 1643–1680), religious philosopher
- Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American spy
- Nathan W. Hale (1860–1941), American politician
- Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nathan Isgur (1947–2001), Canadian-American theoretical physicist
- Nathan ben Jechiel (around 1020–1106), Italian scholar and lexicographer
- Nathan Kress (* 1992), American actor
- Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild (banker) (1777–1836), banker and founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840–1915), British politician and banker
- Nathan Netter (1866–1959), French chief rabbi in Metz
- Nathan Oystrick (* 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Nathan Pedreira , known as Nate57 (* 1990), German rapper
- Natan Peled (1913–1992), Israeli politician
- Nathan Porges (1848–1924), Austro-German rabbi
- Natan Rachlin (1906–1979), Ukrainian-Jewish conductor
- Nathan Read (1759–1849), American politician
- Natan Sharansky (* 1948), Israeli, Zionist and anti-communist politician and author
- Nathan Scherr (1923–2003), American building contractor, football official and racehorse owner
- Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931), Swedish theologian and clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala
- Nathan Stubblefield (1860-1928), American farmer and inventor
- Nathan Sykes (* 1993), English singer
- Natan Sznaider (* 1954), Israeli sociologist
- Nathan Tyson (* 1982), English football player
- Nathan Wang (* 1956), American composer
- Nathan Yellin-Mor (1913–1980), Russian-Israeli leading member of the underground organization Lechi , later pacifist
- Natan Zach (* 1930), Israeli poet
- Nathan Zuntz (1847–1920), German physiologist
family name
- Abie Nathan (1927–2008), Israeli pilot and peace activist
- Alfred Nathan (philanthropist) (1870–1922), German lawyer and philanthropist
- Alfred Nathan , birth name of Peter Pan (cabaret artist) (1909–1976), German cabaret artist
- Alfred Nathan (producer) , German film producer
- Arturo Nathan (1891–1944), Italian painter
- Asher Ben-Natan (1921-2014), Israeli diplomat
- Bernard Natan (1886–1942), French director
- Carl Nathan (1891–1980), German-Swiss banker and watch collector
- Carl F. Nathan (* 1946), American physician, microbiologist and immunologist
- David Nathan (* 1971), German voice actor and actor
- David G. Nathan (* 1929), American pediatric oncologist and hematologist
- Debbie Nathan (* 1950), American journalist and author
- Dror Bar-Natan (* 1966), Israeli-American mathematician
- Eden Natan-Zada (1986-2005), Israeli assassin
- Ernesto Nathan (1845–1921), Italian politician
- Fritz Nathan (architect) (1891–1960), German architect
- Fritz Nathan (art dealer) (1895–1972), German-Swiss gallery owner and art dealer
- George Jean Nathan (1882–1958), American theater critic, writer and editor
- Hans Nathan (lawyer) (1900–1971), German lawyer and honorary citizen of Görlitz
- Hans Nathan (musicologist) (1910–1989), American musicologist
- Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan (1889–1963), British politician (Liberal Party, Labor Party)
- Heinz Alex Natan (1906–1971), German journalist, writer and athlete
- Helene Nathan (1885–1940), German librarian
- Henry Nathan (1862–1932), German banker
- Isaac Nathan († 1864), Jewish composer, musicologist, journalist and publicist
- Jack Nathan (1910–1990), British jazz and entertainment musician
- Jacques Natan (1902–1974), Bulgarian economist
- Jacques Nathan-Garamond (1910–2001), French printmaker and painter
- Jared Nathan (1985-2006), American actor
- Joan Nathan (* 1943), American cookbook author
- Joseph Martin Nathan (1867–1947), German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Olomouc
- Le Shundra Nathan (* 1968), American heptathlete
- Matthew Nathan (1862–1939), British officer and colonial administrator
- Max Nathan (1919–1960), German racing car driver
- Melissa Nathan (1968-2006), British writer
- Nachmann Nathan (1813–1894), German doctor and parliamentarian
- Otto Nathan (1893–1987), German-American economist
- Oved Natan († 2015), Israeli bodyguard
- Paul Nathan (1857–1927), German social politician
- Piotr Nathan ( Piotr Nathan Sobieralski ; * 1956), Polish-German artist
- Robert Nathan (1894–1985), American writer
- Sascha Nathan (* 1977), German theater actor
- Sellapan Rama Nathan (1924-2016), Singaporean politician
- Syd Nathan (1904–1968), American music producer
- Tobie Nathan (* 1948), French psychologist, university professor, diplomat and writer
- Waka Nathan (born 1940), New Zealand rugby union player
- Ludwig Nathan, brewery director (1856–1935) Löwenbrauerei Hamburg
pseudonym
- Natan , fighting name of Hernâni Coelho (* 1964), East Timorese diplomat and politician
Fictional characters
- Nathan the Wise , dramatic work of the Enlightenment by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Nathan and his children , youth novel by Mirjam Pressler from 2009
- NATHAN is the lunar mainframe and main computer of mankind in the Perry Rhodan novel series .
Geographic objects
- Nathan Hills , group of hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica