Nathan

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Ναθαν (Nathan), a Greek form of the Hebrew name נָתָן (Natan) = 'he (God) has given' [1]

Related Names

     
Naatan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nata ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Natha ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Natan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Nathan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Nantta, Tani

Combinations

Name
Element     		Example
ELI see Nathanael
JO see Jonathan

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1679 [1]

Namesakes

Lars Olof Jonathan (Nathan) Söderblom, 15 January 1866 – 12 July 1931, Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and Nobel laureate (Peace, 1930)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 7 299 478
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 113 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 35 94
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 n.a 212
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][3][4][5]:Name statistics for Nathan(m)


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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