Name meaning & stats
Nathanial
Nathanial means “God has given” (Hebrew origin). 10,094 US babies since 1940, peak 1999.
What it means
“God has given”
HebrewSpelling of Nathaniel
In US birth records
Peak year: 1999
10,094 US babies were named Nathanial between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nathanial (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 30 Nathaniels spell it Nathanial
- Nathaniel 88%
- Nathanael 7%
- Nathanial 3%
- Nathaneal <1%
- Nathanel <1%
- Nathaneil <1%
- Nathanyel <1%
- Nathanuel <1%
- Nathanal <1%
- Nathanyal <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1999)