First name origins & meanings:
- Hebrew: God's gift
- Hebrew: Gift of God
First name variations: Jonathon, Jon, Nate, Nat, Jonatha, Jonathin, Jonathun, Jonathyn, Jonethen, Jonnatha, Jonnathun, Jonathen, Jonaton, Jonnathon, Jonthon, Jounathon, Yanaton, Jonatane, Jonate, Jonattan, Jonnattan, Johnthan, Jonathan, Nathanael, Nataniel, Natan, Nate, Nat, Natty, Nataniele, Nathon, Natt, Nathaniel
Last name origin & meaning:
Jewish, English, and German: from the Biblical Hebrew personal name
Natan ‘given’ (i.e. by God). Sometimes this is also a Jewish
short form of Jonathan or Nathaniel. The personal name
was comparatively rare among non-Jews in the Middle Ages (although
always common among Jews); as a modern surname it is most frequently
Jewish.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Leeza Gibbons,
Mark Hamill,
Jon Stewart
This name appears in the following lists:
Biblical Names,
Heroes and Heroines,
Literary Characters
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