Nathanael

Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which means "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El." Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common spelling for a masculine given name. Other variants include Nathanel, Netanel and Nathanial.

Several figures in the Bible bear forms of this name. In the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), the name is shared by a prince (or chieftain) of the Tribe of Issachar (Numbers 7:18–23, in the Naso parsha) and by a brother of King David (1 Chronicles 2:14). In the New Testament, Nathanael is said to be an early follower of Jesus of Nazareth, according to the Gospel of John (1:45; 21:2).

The related name Elnathan could be rendered "Gift of El" (Hebrew God). Four people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at, and three in. A similar ancient name with the same meaning as Elnathan, is Jonathan which signifies "YHWH has given".

In the Bible

 * Nathanael (follower of Jesus) in the Gospel of John

A

 * Nate Ackerman (born 1978), a British-American mathematician and wrestler

B

 * Nathanael Ball (1623–1681), an English clergyman, assistant to Brian Walton in his London Polyglot Bible
 * Nate Bargatze (born 1979), an American comedian and actor
 * Nathanael Barnes (born 1987), an Australian rugby league footballer
 * Nathanael Burwash (1839–1918), a Canadian methodist, minister and university administrator

C

 * Nathanael Carpenter (1589 – c. 1628), an English author, philosopher, and geographer
 * Nathanael Chalmers (1830–1910), a New Zealand pastoralist, explorer, politician, planter, sugar miller and magistrate

D

 * Nathanael Diesel (1692–1745), a Danish composer

E

 * Nathanael Emmons (1745–1840), an American congregational minister

F

 * Nathanael Fouquet (born 1972), a French slalom canoeist

G

 * Nathanael Gray, a professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School
 * Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
 * August Nathanael Grischow (1726–1760), a German mathematician and astronomer

H

 * Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938), American naval architect

J

 * Nathanael Jones (c. 1624 – 1683), a Welsh gentleman-poet

L

 * Nathanael Gottfried Leske (1751–1786), a German scientist and geologist
 * Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756), a German Physician
 * Nathanael Liminski (born 1985), a German politician

M

 * Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf (1724–1784), a German botanist, physician and astronomer
 * Nathanael Mbourou (born 1996), a Gabonese professional footballer

N

 * Nat Neujean (1923–2018), a Belgian sculptor

O

 * Nate Oats (born 1974), an American basketball coach
 * Nathanael Ogbeta (born 2001), an English footballer
 * Nathanael of Ohrid (1820–1906), a Bulgarian cleric, writer and revolutionary from Macedonia
 * Nathanael Orr (1917–2016), an Australian politician

P

 * Nathanael G. Pendleton (1793–1861), an American politician
 * Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), a German botanist

R

 * Nathan Ralph (born 1993), an English footballer
 * Nathanael Richards (1630–1654), an English dramatist

S

 * Nate Saint (1923–1956), an evangelical Christian missionary pilot
 * Nathanael Saleh (born 2006), an English actor
 * Nathanael Salmon (1675–1742), an English antiquary
 * Nathanaël (born Nathalie Stephens, 1970), Canadian writer and translator

V

 * Nathanael Villanueva (born 1995), a Filipino footballer

W

 * Nathanael West (1903–1940), American writer
 * Nathanael Wiseman, an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Award-winning production company Redeeming Features

People with the name Nathanial

 * Nathanial Saltonstall (circa 1639–1707), American judge