Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. NAT-ə-lee(English) NA-ta-lee(German)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini. This was the name of the wife of the 4th-century martyr Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. She is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, and the name has traditionally been more common among Eastern Christians than those in the West. It was popularized in America by actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981), who was born to Russian immigrants.

Related Names

VariantsNatalee, Natalia, Natille(English) Natalia, Nathalie(German) Natalia, Nathalie(Dutch) Natalia, Nathalie(Swedish) Natalia, Nathalie(Danish) Natalia, Nathalie(Norwegian)
DiminutiveNat(English)
Other Languages & CulturesNatisha(African American) Natallia, Natasha(Belarusian) Natalia, Nataliya(Bulgarian) Natàlia(Catalan) Natalija, Nataša(Croatian) Natálie, Nataša(Czech) Nathalie, Natacha(French) Natalia, Nata(Georgian) Natalia(Greek) Natália(Hungarian) Natalia, Natalina(Italian) Natalia(Late Roman) Natālija, Nataļja(Latvian) Natalija(Lithuanian) Natalija, Nataša(Macedonian) Natalia, Natalka, Natasza(Polish) Natália, Natacha, Natalina(Portuguese) Nathália(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Natalia(Romanian) Natalia, Nataliya, Natalya, Nata, Natali, Natasha, Tasha(Russian) Natalija, Nataša(Serbian) Natália, Nataša(Slovak) Natalija, Nataša(Slovene) Natalia(Spanish) Natalia, Nataliya, Natali, Natalka(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingNatálie

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Name Days

Austria: July 27
Austria: December 1
Estonia: December 25
Norway: December 27
Sweden: December 29

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Entry updated August 16, 2017