Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Nathan

NATHAN

Gender: Masculine

Other Scripts: נָתָן (Hebrew)

Pronounced: NAY-thən (English) [key]

Means "giver" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this was the name of both a prophet and a son of King David. It has been used as a Christian given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation.

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