Nathaniel is an English variant of the

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Nathanael Nathanael is a biblical given name derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (''Netan'el''), which means "God/ El has given" or "Gift of God/ El." Nathaniel is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common s ...

. It can be a given or surname.

People with the name Nathaniel

Given name

* Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player *

Nate Archibald Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald (born September 2, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Cincinnati Royals/ Kansas City–Omaha King ...

(born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film '' The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated

Bacon's Rebellion Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native American India ...

Nathaniel P. Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union Army, Union general during the American Civil War, Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local ...

(1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation *

Nathaniel Buzolic Nathaniel Buzolic ( ) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show '' The Mint'', and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera '' Out of the Blue'' (2008). He was also a co-host of the educational s ...

(born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

(1919–1965), American singer and musician * Nathaniel Clyne (born 1991), English footballer * Nathaniel W. Depee (1812–1868), American abolitionist * Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943), American composer and choir director * Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (born 1984), Canadian politician * Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), former US Marine captain * Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician and military officer * Nathaniel M. Gorton (born 1938), American federal judge * Nathaniel Everett Green (1823–1899), English painter * Nathaniel Greene (journalist) (1797–1877), American journalist * Nathaniel Hackett (born 1979), American football coach *

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associat ...

(1804–1864), American novelist * Nathaniel J. Jacobson (1916–1996), American artist * Nathaniel Jarvis (born 1991), Welsh footballer *

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah (born David Paul Brown; February 15, 1957 – April 13, 2008) was an American convicted child molester and suspected cannibalistic serial killer who was sentenced to 130 years in prison without the possibilit ...

(1957–2008), convicted kidnapper, suspected serial killer and cannibal *

Nathaniel Lammons Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 17 in doubles, achieved on 27 January 2025. He has won 10 ATP doubles titles. A former ...

(born 1993), American tennis player * Nathaniel Ledbetter (born c. 1961), American politician * Nathaniel Lee, (c. 1653–1692), English dramatist * Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor *

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, (29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921) was an English judge. Early life He was the second son of the botanist Dr. John Lindley, born at Acton Green, London, Acton Green, London. From his mother's side, he was de ...

(1828–1921), English judge *

Nat Lofthouse Nathaniel Lofthouse (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with one ...

(1925–2011), English footballer * Nathaniel Lubell (1916–2006), American Olympic fencer *

Nathaniel Lyon Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was a United States Army officer who was the first Union Army, Union General officer, general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginn ...

(1818–1861), U.S. Army general *

Nathaniel Macon Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757June 29, 1837) was an American politician who represented North Carolina in both houses of United States Congress, Congress. He was the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, speaker of the ...

(1757–1837), speaker of the House of Representatives * Nathaniel Miller (born 1979), Canadian water polo player * Nathaniel Moore (disambiguation), various people * Nathaniel Neale (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player *

Nathaniel Parker Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is an English stage and screen actor best known for playing the lead in the BBC crime drama series ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', and List of Merlin characters#Agravaine de Bois, Agravaine de Bois in the ...

(born 1962), English actor * Nathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), English explorer in Ethiopia * Nathaniel Pearlman (born 1965), American entrepreneur * Nathaniel Peat, British Jamaican social entrepreneur * Nathaniel Peteru (born 1992), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Nathaniel Philbrick Nathaniel Philbrick (born June 11, 1956) is an American author of history, winner of the National Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His maritime history, ''In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex'', based on w ...

(born 1956), American writer * Nathaniel Phillips (born 1997), English footballer * Nathaniel Rateliff (born 1978), American musician * Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born 1992), American house musician known as Audien * Nathaniel Raymond (born 1977), human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate * Nathaniel Ropes (c. 1726–1774), justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *

Nate Ruess Nathaniel Joseph Ruess (pronounced ; born February 26, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. He formed the indie rock band The Format in 2002, and later went on to form the band fun. in 2008. He emerged as a solo act with his guest per ...

(born 1982), American singer-songwriter * Nathaniel Stern (born 1977), American artist * Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884), Irish-born Australian writer *

Nate Thurmond Nathaniel Thurmond (July 25, 1941 – July 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player who spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors franchise. He played the ...

(1941–2016), an American basketball player * Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784–1851), American author and Virginia political activist *

Nathaniel Wallich Nathaniel Wolff Wallich (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East Indi ...

(1786–1854), surgeon and botanist * Nathaniel Watson (born 2000), American football player * Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891–1943), American politician * Nathaniel White (born 1960), American serial killer *

Nathaniel Willemse Nathaniel Willemse (born 14 July 1985), often known simply as Nathaniel, is a South African-born Australian singer and songwriter most notable for being the eighth contestant eliminated on the The X Factor (Australia season 4), fourth season of ' ...

(born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter *

Nat Wolff Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for composing the music for ''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–2 ...

(born 1994), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter

Surname

* A. S. Nathaniel (????–2013), Pakistani nurse * Afia Nathaniel (born 1974), Pakistani filmmaker * Ashley Nathaniel-George (born 1995), English footballer * Daniel Nathaniel (born 1992), Nigerian Men volleyball player * Ezekiel Nathaniel (born 2003), Nigerian track and field athlete * Gagarin Nathaniel (born 1995), Indonesian competitive swimmer * Glory Onome Nathaniel (born 1996), Nigerian athlete * Inez Nathaniel-Walker (1911–1990), African-American prison folk artist * Jonadob Nathaniel, Indian biblical scholar * Joseph Nathaniel (born 1993), Nigerian football player *

Leslie Nathaniel Leslie Satianathan Nathaniel (born 1954) is an Anglican priest. Nathaniel was educated at Bangalore University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Birmingham University. He was ordained in 2002. He worked for the Church Mission Society from 1999 to ...

(born 1954), Anglican priest * Nat Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; 1922–1990), American professional basketball and baseball player * Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel (born 1997), Nigerian athlete

Fictional characters

* Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald in the ''Gossip Girl'' series * Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel ''The Last of The Mohicans'' * Nathaniel Dusk, comic book character, private investigator * Nathaniel Essex, alter ego of Mister Sinister, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Nathaniel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. and his father Nathaniel Fisher Sr. in the television series ''Six Feet Under'' * Captain Nathaniel Flint from Disney's

Treasure Planet ''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction film, science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards (screenwriter), Rob Edwards. Produced by Walt Disney ...

* Nathaniel M. Laxamana, the protagonist of the Filipino TV series ''

Nathaniel Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Hebrew name A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. ...

'' * Nathaniel Macauley, in Karen McManus's '' One of Us Is Lying'' * Nathaniel (surname unknown, also known as John Mandrake), one of the three main protagonists in the ''

Bartimaeus Sequence The ''Bartimaeus Sequence'' is a series of young adult novels of alternate history, Fantasy literature, fantasy and Magic (paranormal), magic. It was written by British writer Jonathan Stroud and consists of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 ...

'' by Jonathan Stroud * Captain Nathaniel Renko, main character in the 2010 video game '' Singularity'' * Nathaniel Kurtzberg, a character in the animated series ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' * Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw, main character in the 1997 video game ''

Claw A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or Arthro ...

Animals with this name

Nathaniel (horse) Nathaniel (foaled 24 April 2008) is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. Nathaniel failed to win in two races as a two-year-old but attracted attention by running Frankel (horse), Frankel to half a Horse length, length at Newma ...

, winner of the King Edward VII Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes

References

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