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Nathan
Nathan the Prophet (right) advising king
David (center)
Pronunciation English: NAY-thǝn; Hebrew: Nā-tān Gender Male Language(s)
Hebrew Word/name
Israel Meaning "gift from God" Nickname(s) Related names
Nathan is a masculine
given name . It is derived from the
Hebrew verb נָתָן meaning gave (
standard Hebrew Natan ,
Yiddish Nussen /Nosson ,
Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān ).
In the Bible
Notable people with this name
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Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
Nate Clements (born 1979), American football player
Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923-1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower
Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster
Nathan Connolly (born 1981), lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
Nathan Cooper (disambiguation) , multiple people
Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player
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Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter
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Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian
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Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American businessman
Nathan Hartono (born 1991), Singaporean-Indonesian singer-songwriter
Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer
Nathan Head (born 1980), British actor notable for his work in the horror genre
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Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
Nathan Lawrence , American actor
Nathan Lawson (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor
Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball player
Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer
Nathan Lyons (1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator
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Nate Saint (1923–1956), American missionary pilot
Nathan Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
Nathan Shepherd (born 1993), Canadian-American football player
Nate Silver (born 1978), American statistician and writer
Nathan Smith (disambiguation) , multiple people
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985), British actor
Nathan Sykes (born 1974), English rugby player
Nathan James Sykes (born 1993), English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Fictional characters
Nathan the Wise , eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Big Nate , eponymous comic strip character
Nate the Great , eponymous protagonist of the book series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
Nathan , a customer played by Andrew Black in the British web series
Corner Shop Show .
Nathan Bailey, a character in the British soap opera,
Doctors
Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera,
Brookside
Nathan Detroit , from the stage musical
Guys and Dolls , played by
Frank Sinatra in the
film adaptation .
Nathan Drake , protagonist of the
Uncharted video games
Nathan Explosion , a character in the cartoon series
Metalocalypse
Nathan "Nate" Ford , the main character and "mastermind" in the action crime drama caper TV series
Leverage
Nathan Never , eponymous protagonist of the Italian science fiction comic book
Nathan Petrelli , a character in the NBC science fiction series Heroes
Nathan Prescott , antagonist of the
Life Is Strange video games
Nathan Roberts , a character in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away
Nathan Sallery , a character in the British soap opera Doctors
Nathan Scott , a character in the television series One Tree Hill
Nathan Sears , a character in the
Final Destination 5
Nathan Stark , a character in the television series
Eureka
Nathan Summers , a Marvel Comic Book character who is a mutant and Super-Hero from the X-Men and X-Force
Nathan Williams , a character in the British Soap opera
EastEnders
Nathan Young character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama Misfits
Nathan Zuckerman , narrator or protagonist in many of Philip Roth's works of fiction
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