Name meaning & stats
Nathaniel
Nathaniel means “God has given” (Hebrew origin). 265,755 US babies since 1940, peak 2002.
What it means
“God has given”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2002
265,755 US babies were named Nathaniel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nathaniel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
- 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 2002)