Baby name
STABLE
🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇱 Nathanael
/nah · THAN · ee · el/
Meaning
“God has given”
Hebrew name meaning 'God has given'; the longer biblical spelling distinguishes it from the more common Nathan, and it appears in the New Testament as one of the apostles.
Nicknames
nate · nathan
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Biblical and enduring; the full form ages better than shortened variants.
The cultural moment.
Favored in France and Germany as a formal alternative to Nathan since the 2000s.