Meaning of the nameNathan

Nathan is a spelling of the name Natan, which means “'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan”.

Meaning

“'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan”

Meaning of the name Natan, of which Nathan is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Nathan · Behind the Name: Nathan

People (2022): 45,378
Rank in Brazil: #604
Median age: 14 years
2010 Census: 17,304; people

Nathan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nathan, 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 (16,247 people).

360 women 45,018 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 Nathan is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	12,223	0.028%
Rio de Janeiro	7,182	0.045%
Minas Gerais	5,204	0.025%
Paraná	4,116	0.036%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,642	0.024%
Santa Catarina	2,550	0.034%
Bahia	1,618	0.011%
Goiás	1,489	0.021%
Espírito Santo	1,146	0.030%
Mato Grosso do Sul	843	0.031%
Pernambuco	821	0.009%
Paraíba	819	0.021%
Mato Grosso	731	0.020%
Distrito Federal	593	0.021%
Ceará	592	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	483	0.015%
Pará	443	0.006%
Sergipe	344	0.016%
Alagoas	296	0.010%
Maranhão	295	0.004%
Amazonas	277	0.007%
Rondônia	187	0.012%
Piauí	148	0.005%
Tocantins	138	0.009%
Acre	106	0.013%
Roraima	52	0.008%
Amapá	40	0.006%

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

The spelling Nathan

With TH, it matches the English and French spelling; IBGE counts Nathan separately from Natan.

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.

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 Nathan

What does the name Nathan mean?

Nathan means “'he gave', from Biblical Hebrew Natan”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Natan, of which Nathan is a spelling.

How many people are named Nathan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 45,378 people with the first name Nathan, which ranks it number 604 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Nathan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 360 women and 45,018 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nathan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Nathan most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.045% of the state's population is named Nathan (7,182 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Nathan?

Natan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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