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Meaning of the nameNatanael

Natanael is the Portuguese form of the biblical Hebrew name Netanʾel, which Behind the Name explains as 'God has given'.

Meaning

“'God has given'”

Source: Behind the Name: Nathanael · Wiktionary: Natanael

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People (2022)
68,960
Rank in Brazil
#437
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
70,645
people

Natanael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Natanael, 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 (17,582 people).

447 women 68,513 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 Natanael is most common

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

  1. Acre 0.072%
  2. Ceará 0.061%
  3. Amazonas 0.060%
  4. Maranhão 0.056%
  5. Alagoas 0.052%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,3370.023%
Minas Gerais6,2580.031%
Bahia5,6770.040%
Ceará5,3710.061%
Pará4,1660.051%
Pernambuco3,8960.043%
Maranhão3,7740.056%
Rio de Janeiro3,1920.020%
Rio Grande do Sul2,8310.026%
Goiás2,6610.038%
Paraná2,6030.023%
Amazonas2,3590.060%
Santa Catarina2,3530.031%
Paraíba1,8120.046%
Piauí1,7020.052%
Alagoas1,6400.052%
Rio Grande do Norte1,1930.036%
Mato Grosso1,1380.031%
Espírito Santo9820.026%
Sergipe9790.044%
Distrito Federal9020.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul7800.028%
Tocantins6260.041%
Acre5970.072%
Rondônia5640.036%
Amapá2950.040%
Roraima2720.043%

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

About the name Natanael

Behind the Name gives Natanael as the Portuguese form of Nathanael, from Hebrew Netanʾel, formed from natan, 'to give', and ʾel, 'God', with the sense of 'God has given'. Wiktionary's Finnish entry gives the same chain, from Biblical Hebrew through Greek Ναθαναήλ, and the same translation. In the New Testament, it is the name of an apostle. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 68,960 people named Natanael, with a median age of 24; proportionally, the name is most common in Acre. Nathanael keeps the TH of the Greek form.

This is the Portuguese spelling, without an H, and the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Natanael

SpellingPeople (2022)
Natanael68,960
Nathanael4,884

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Nathanael · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Natanael · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Natanael

What does the name Natanael mean?

Natanael means “'God has given'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Natanael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 68,960 people with the first name Natanael, which ranks it number 437 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Natanael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 447 women and 68,513 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Natanael?

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

In which Brazilian state is Natanael most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.072% of the state's population is named Natanael (597 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Natanael?

Nathanael. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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