Meaning of the nameNataniel

Nataniel is a male name of Hebrew origin meaning 'God gave', from the Hebrew Netan'el, the name of an apostle in the New Testament.

Meaning

“God gave”

Source: Wiktionary: Nathanael

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People (2022): 6,082
Rank in Brazil: #2,393
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 5,793; people

Nataniel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nataniel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,803 people).

41 women 6,041 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 Nataniel is most common

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

Piauí 0.013%
Alagoas 0.011%
Maranhão 0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
Ceará 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	688	0.006%
Maranhão	583	0.009%
São Paulo	537	0.001%
Ceará	526	0.006%
Minas Gerais	421	0.002%
Piauí	417	0.013%
Alagoas	349	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	309	0.002%
Santa Catarina	271	0.004%
Bahia	259	0.002%
Paraná	240	0.002%
Pará	236	0.003%
Goiás	162	0.002%
Pernambuco	154	0.002%
Paraíba	144	0.004%
Mato Grosso	130	0.004%
Amazonas	113	0.003%
Acre	90	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	80	0.002%
Distrito Federal	71	0.003%
Sergipe	69	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	68	0.003%
Tocantins	45	0.003%
Rondônia	39	0.003%
Espírito Santo	38	0.001%
Amapá	23	0.003%
Roraima	20	0.003%

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

About the name Nataniel

Nataniel comes from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el), which Wiktionary translates as 'God gave', passing through the Greek Ναθαναήλ. It is the name of an apostle in the Gospel of John, and Behind the Name records Nataniel as a Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,082 people named Nataniel, with a median age of 25. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nathanael · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Nathaniel · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Nataniel

What does the name Nataniel mean?

Nataniel means “God gave”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Nataniel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,082 people with the first name Nataniel, which ranks it number 2,393 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Nataniel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 6,041 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nataniel?

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

In which Brazilian state is Nataniel most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.013% of the state's population is named Nataniel (417 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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