# Nathan (given name)

Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נָתָן‎ meaning gave (standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen/Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān).

## In the Bible

* Nathan (prophet), a prophet who lived in the time of Kings David and Solomon
* Nathan (son of David), son of David and his wife Bathsheba

## Notable people with this name

* Rabbi Nathan (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan of Gaza, 17th century prophet

### A

* Nathan Adams (born 1991), footballer
* Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer
* Nathan Aké (born 1995), footballer currently playing for Manchester City
* Nathan Alterman (1910–70), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
* Nathan Amos (born 1979), South African born-Israeli rugby player
* Nathan Aspinall (born 1991), English professional darts player
* Nathan Astle (born 1971), New Zealand cricketer
* Nathan Azarcon Filipino bass player and nationalist

### B

* Nathan Beauregard (1890s–1970), American musician
* Nathan Birnbaum (1864–1937), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
* Nathan Bostock (born 1960), British banker
* Nathan Brown (rugby league, born 1993), Australian rugby player

### C

* Nathan Camargo (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
* Nathan Carter (born 1990), Irish country singer
* Nathan Chen (born 1999), American figure skater
* Nathan Cleary (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
* Nate Clements (born 1979), American football player
* Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
* Nathan Cohen (critic) (1923–1971), Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster
* Nathan Cohen (rower) (born 1986), New Zealand rower
* Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly (born 1977), American historian, professor, and podcaster
* Nathan Connolly (born 1981), lead guitarist for Snow Patrol
* Nathan Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Coulter-Nile (born 1987), Australian cricketer
* Nathan Cottrell (born 1996), American football player

### D

* Nathan Deal (born 1942), American politician and 82nd Governor of Georgia
* Nate Diaz (born 1985), American mixed martial artist and UFC fighter

### E

* Nate Ebner (born 1988), American football player and rugby Olympian

### F

* Nathan Fagan-Gayle (born 1986), British musician known as Nathan
* Nathan Fernandes (born 2005), Brazilian footballer
* Nathan Feuerstein (born 1991), American rapper, known by his stage name NF
* Nathan Fielder (born 1983), Canadian comedian and host of Comedy Central television series Nathan for You.
* Nathan Fillion (born 1971), Canadian actor
* Nathan Fong (1959–2020), Canadian chef
* Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877), Civil War general in the Confederate Army
* Nate Freiman (born 1986), American baseball player

### G

* Nathan Gamble (born 1998), American actor
* Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player
* Nathan Glantz, American jazz bandleader
* Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), US Congressman from West Virginia
* Nathan Gunn (born 1970) American opera singer

### H

* Nathan Hale (1755–1776), American patriot serving as a spy during the American Revolution
* Nathan Handwerker (1891–1974), Polish-American businessman
* Nathan Hartono (born 1991), Singaporean-Indonesian singer-songwriter
* Nathan Hauritz (born 1981), Australian cricketer
* Nathan Head (born 1980), British actor notable for his work in the horror genre

### J

* Nate James (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Jawai (born 1986), Australian basketball player
* Nathan Johnson (disambiguation), several people
* Nathan Leigh Jones, Australian musician and speaker
* Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (1975–2021), American drummer for the band Slipknot
* Nathan Jung (1946–2021), American actor and stuntman

### K

* Nathan Katz (judoka) (born 1995), Olympic judoka
* Nathan King (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Konstandopoulos (born 1996), Australian footballer
* Nathan Kress (born 1992), American actor

### L

* Nathan Lane (born 1956), American actor
* Nathan Larson (born 1970), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author
* Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong politician
* Nathan Lawrence, American actor
* Nathan Lawson (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
* Nathan Longpre (born 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Nathan Lopez (born 1991), Filipino actor
* Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball player
* Nathan Lyon (born 1987), Australian cricketer
* Nathan Lyons (1930–2016), American photographer, curator and educator

### M

* Nate Mack (1891–1965), Polish-born American banker; co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas
* Nathan MacKinnon (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
* Nathan Mavila (born 1995), English footballer
* Nathan Martorella (born 2001), American baseball player
* Nathan McCall (born 1955), American author
* Nate McLouth (born 1981), American baseball player
* Nathan Mensah (born 1998), Ghanaian basketball player
* Nathan Merritt (born 1982), Australian rugby player
* Nathan Méténier (born 1999), French climate activist
* Nathan Militzok (1923–2009), American basketball player
* Nathan Milstein (1903–1992), Ukrainian-American violinist

### P

* Nathan Peats (born 1990), Australian rugby player
* Nathan Perkovich (born 1985), American professional ice hockey player
* Nathan Peterman (born 1994), American football player
* Nathan Pickering (born 2000), American football player
* Nathan Post (1881–1938), 7th and 10th Governor of American Samoa

### R

* Nathan J. Robinson (biologist) (1986), British Marine Biologist and Science Communicator.
* Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), American-Israeli theoretical physicist; originator of the concept of Einstein-Rosen Bridges, also known as wormholes
* Nathan Rourke (born 1998), American football player
* Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), German Jewish banker

### S

* Nate Saint (1923–1956), American missionary pilot
* Nathan Santos (born 2001), Brazilian footballer
* Nathan Seiberg (born 1956), Israeli theoretical physicist
* Nathan Shepherd (born 1993), Canadian-American football player
* Nate Silver (born 1978), American statistician and writer
* Nathan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985), British actor
* Nathan Sykes (born 1974), English rugby player
* Nathan James Sykes (born 1993), English singer, songwriter and record producer

### T

* Nate Teut (born 1976), Former Major League pitcher for Florida Marlins
* Nathan Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathan Tjoe-A-On (born 2001), Indonesian footballer
* Nathan Trupp (born 1947), American serial killer

### W

* Nathan Wadsworth, American politician
* Nathan Walker (born 1994), Welsh-born Australian ice hockey player
* Nathan Witt (1903–1982), American lawyer
* Nathan Wood (disambiguation) (multiple people)

### Z

* Nathan Zach (1930–2020), Israeli poet

## Fictional characters

* Nathan the Wise, eponymous protagonist in the 1779 play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
* Big Nate, eponymous comic strip character
* Nate the Great, eponymous protagonist of the book series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
* Nathan, a customer played by Andrew Black in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
* Nathan, a character in Me before you
* Nathan Bailey, a character in the British soap opera, Doctors
* Nathan Cuddington, a character in the British Soap opera, Brookside
* Nathan Daldry, a character in the 2012 young adult novel Every Day
* Nathan Detroit, from the stage musical Guys and Dolls, played by Frank Sinatra in the film adaptation.
* Nathan Drake, protagonist of the Uncharted video games
* Nathan Explosion, a character in the cartoon series Metalocalypse
* Nathan "Nate" Ford, the main character and "mastermind" in the action crime drama caper TV series Leverage
* Nathan Never, eponymous protagonist of the Italian science fiction comic book
* Nathan Petrelli, a character in the NBC science fiction series Heroes
* Nathan Prescott, antagonist of the Life Is Strange video games
* Nathan Roberts, a character in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away
* Nathan Sallery, a character in the British soap opera Doctors
* Nathan Scott, a character in the television series One Tree Hill
* Nathan Sears, a character in the Final Destination 5
* Nathan Stark, a character in the television series Eureka
* Nathan Summers, a Marvel Comic Book character who is a mutant and Super-Hero from the X-Men and X-Force
* Nathan Williams, a character in the British Soap opera EastEnders
* Nathan Young character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama Misfits
* Nathan Zuckerman, narrator or protagonist in many of Philip Roth's works of fiction