Talk:Nathanael

The last sentences are confusing. According to the List_of_names_referring_to_El article, Nathanael means both (and linguistically, Nathaniel is just a variant transliteration of Nathanael...) Perhaps someone wants to fix it...--Sturmde 23:35, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

A significant number of "authorities" think that Nathanael is Matthew (both mean ("gift of God"). Probably a larger number have no opinion on the matter.  I will clean this up later if there is no objection. --Peter Kirby 07:15, 17 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Every version of the Bible that I found uses the "ael" ending for Nathanael. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.155.210 (talk • contribs) 14:07, 5 September 2007

According to Google, Nathaniel seems to be the normal English transliteration, with Nathanael also being relatively popular. I have never seen "nathanial" before: it may be a common typo or recent innovation rather than an established variant. I haven't heard of "al" being used for "el" before. On looking at U.S. Census graphs on two different baby-naming sites, it looks like Nathaniel is the traditional spelling, with the others appearing between 1960-1980. --Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.65.118.46 (talk) 22:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Results 1 - 10 of about 459,000 for Nathanial
 * Results 1 - 10 of about 1,960,000 for Nathanael
 * Results 1 - 10 of about 16,000,000 for Nathaniel


 * A Social Security Online search shows that "Nathaniel" has been in the top 244 names since 1980, top 201 since 1971 and the top 95 since 1977,
 * while Nathanael didn't rank in the 1000 names until 1972(982) and remains unpopular.
 * Nathanial pops up at 927th place once in 1908 and dissappears again until 1974.
 * --Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.65.118.46 (talk • contribs) 22:36, 25 March 2009

Names included that aren't "Nathanael"?
why are there names like "Nate" in the list of Notable people? In an article that is about the name "Nathanael"? — I&#39;ma editor2022 (🗣️💬 &#124;📖📚) 17:37, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Nathanael as a Surname
This page should be expanded to include the usage of Nathanael as a surname. Certain notable people with such surname who already have dedicated Wikipedia articles include: Ike Lek (talk) 22:14, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Edmund Nathanael
 * Elena Nathanael
 * Eliza Nathanael
 * Jacob ben Nathanael