Nathanael
{{Infobox given name
| name = Nathanael
| image= StJohnsAshfield StainedGlass Nathanael.png
| image_size = 150
| caption= The biblical Nathanael depicted in stained glass.
| pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˈ|θ|æ|n|i|əl}}
| gender = Masculine
| meaning = "God has given" or "Gift of God"
| region =
| origin = Hebrew
| related names = Jonathan, Nathan, Nathaniel
| footnotes =
}}
Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which means "God/El has given" or "Gift of God/El."Hanks, Patrick, et al. Oxford Dictionary of First Names (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print. 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. A short form is Nate.
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){{Cite web |url=https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5758-naso/ |title=The Dilemma of Nisanel ben Tzuar |date=7 June 2002 |publisher=Torah.org |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-22}} and by a brother of King David (1 Chronicles 2:14).{{Cite web |url=http://www.aish.com/jl/l/b/48967016.html |title=Boys' Names |last=Simmons |first=Rabbi Shraga |date=January 2007 |publisher=aish.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-12}} 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 {{bibleverse|2|Kings|24:8|HE}}, and three in {{bibleverse||Ezra|8:15–20|HE}}. A similar ancient name with the same meaning as Elnathan is Jonathan, which signifies "YHWH has given".
In the Bible
Notable people with this name
=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 (c. 1639 – 1707), American judge
See also
- Nathaniel
- Natanael (given name)
- Nathan (given name)
- Nate (given name)
- Nethaneel
- Netanyahu (surname)
- {{lookfrom|Nathanael}}
- {{lookfrom|Nathanial}}