Meaning of the nameNatan

Natan is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a variant of Natã, a biblical name meaning 'he gave'.

Meaning

“'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan”

Source: Wiktionary: Nathan · Behind the Name: Nathan

People (2022): 72,049
Rank in Brazil: #417
Median age: 16 years
2010 Census: 57,981; people

Natan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Natan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (27,076 people).

622 women 71,427 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Natan is most common

States with the highest share of people named Natan in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.051%
Paraná 0.051%
Santa Catarina 0.051%
Espírito Santo 0.051%
Bahia 0.039%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	17,063	0.038%
Rio de Janeiro	8,242	0.051%
Minas Gerais	7,815	0.038%
Paraná	5,833	0.051%
Bahia	5,546	0.039%
Santa Catarina	3,861	0.051%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,793	0.035%
Goiás	2,348	0.033%
Pernambuco	2,013	0.022%
Espírito Santo	1,939	0.051%
Ceará	1,667	0.019%
Pará	1,391	0.017%
Paraíba	1,329	0.033%
Mato Grosso	1,209	0.033%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,062	0.039%
Maranhão	1,005	0.015%
Distrito Federal	900	0.032%
Amazonas	892	0.023%
Rio Grande do Norte	872	0.026%
Sergipe	680	0.031%
Alagoas	663	0.021%
Rondônia	569	0.036%
Piauí	460	0.014%
Tocantins	336	0.022%
Acre	314	0.038%
Roraima	137	0.022%
Amapá	110	0.015%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Natan

Natan and Nathan are variants of Natã, which Wiktionary gives as a learned borrowing from the Latin Nathan, coming from Greek and, before that, from the Biblical Hebrew נָתָן (Natán). Behind the Name translates the Hebrew as 'he gave'. In the Old Testament, it is the name of the prophet Natã. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 72,049 people named Natan, most of them born in the 2000s and 2010s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

It is the most common spelling in the group, without the H of the form used in English and French.

Other spellings of Natan

Spelling	People (2022)
Natan	72,049
Nathan	45,378

Sources

Wiktionary: Natan · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Natã · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Nathan · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Nathan · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Natan

What does the name Natan mean?

Natan means “'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Natan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 72,049 people with the first name Natan, which ranks it number 417 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Natan a boy's or a girl's name?

Natan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 622 women and 71,427 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Natan?

Natan is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Natan most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.051% of the state's population is named Natan (8,242 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Natan?

Nathan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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