Forename Nathan

All over the world, Nathan (Nathan , נתן , Натан , among others...) is a widespread boy's given name. The first name Nathan is characteristic of Guam, where it is a common epicene name, the United States, where it is quite a common male name, and Australia (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazil. Much less frequently, Nathan is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Nathan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Nathan

name Natt, name Náthan, name Natán, name Natan, name Натан, name ناثان, name Nàthan, name Нейтан, name Nãthán, name Nâthân, name 納森, name นาธาน, name Ñathan, name Nathân, name ネイサン, name Nathañ, name Nathan, name Nathàn, name Ñãthãñ, name Нэйтан, name 南森, name Nãthãn, name Ńátháń, name Nosson, name Nãthan, name Nathán, name Натхан, name Нафан, name נייתן, name 纳坦, name Jonathan, name ណាថាន, name 纳森, name ناتان, name נתן, name Nathãn

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Nathan	Australia, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo
נתן	Israel
Натан	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia
ناثان	Egypt
นาธาน	Thailand
ネイサン	Japan

First names said to be same

Jonathan, Natan, Nathañ, Nathàn, Nathán, Nathân, Nathãn, Natt, Natán, Nosson, Nàthan, Náthan, Nâthân, Nãthan, Nãthán, Nãthãn, Ñathan, Ñãthãñ, Ńátháń, Натхан, Нафан, Нейтан, Нэйтан, נייתן, ناتان, ណាថាន, 南森, 納森, 纳坦, and 纳森

First name Nathan in the context

Nathan is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nathan Drake , the fictional character from Uncharted, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End; Nathan , the person in the Hebrew Bible, 2 Samuel; Nathan Petrelli , the character on TV show Heroes; Nathan Young , the fictional character from the television series Misfits and Nathan Heywood , the fictional superhero, Legends of Tomorrow, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	nathan the babylonian 2nd century Judean rabbi (b. 101)
	huna b. nathan babylonian rabbi and exilarch (b. 400)
	nathan ben isaac ha-babli Iraqi historian (b. 950)
	nathan ben yehiel Jewish Italian lexicographer, IT (b. 1100)
	nathan nata spira Polish rabbi and kabbalist (b. 1585)
	nathan field British actor (1587-1620), GB (b. 1587)
	nathan chythraeus 1543 - 1598 Hodoeporicon, continens itinera Parisiense. Anglicum. Venetum. Romanum. Neapolitanum Variorum in Europa itinerum deliciae Hodoeporica sive itineraria, a diversis clariss Hodoeporicon Itineris Dantiscani (b. 1543)
	nathan chyträus German historian and theologian, DE (b. 1543)
	nathan vay (b. 1581)
	nathan d'aubigne French physician, FR (b. 1601)
	nathan bailey British lexicographer and philologist, GB (b. 1601)
	nathan wright Lord Keeper of the great Seal (b. 1654)
	nathan paget British physician, GB (b. 1615)
	nathan ben simon (b. 1610)
	nathan denton English clergyman and ejected minister (b. 1635)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Santos, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Harris, Hughes, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Pereira, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Anderson, Campbell, Phillips, Robinson, Thompson, Ferreira, Oliveira, Miller, Martin, Young, White, Cook, King, Lima, Hall, Hill, Wood, Moore, Silva, Souza, Scott, Williams, Smith, Adams, Clark, Baker, Brown, Davis, Green, Lewis, James, Jones, Evans, Allen, and Rodrigues