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View Name: Nathanael


NATHANAEL
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Biblical Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ναθαναηλ (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: nay-THAN-ee-əl (English), nay-THAN-yəl (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el) meaning "God has given". In the New Testament this is the name of an apostle also known as Bartholomew.
Related Names
VARIANT: Nathaniel (Biblical)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Nethanel (Biblical Hebrew), Nathanahel (Biblical Latin), Natanail (Bulgarian), Nathaniel, Nat, Nate (English), Natanaele (Italian), Natanail (Macedonian), Natanael, Nataniel (Portuguese), Natanael, Nataniel (Spanish)
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