Meaning and history
Nathanaël comes from the Hebrew name נְתַנְאֵל (Neṯanʾel), meaning “God has given,” from נָתַן (naṯan), “to give,” and אֵל (ʾel), “God.” It is found as the name of several minor figures in the Old Testament, usually spelled Nethanel or Nethaneel, and in the New Testament it is the name of an apostle, probably another name for Bartholomew.
20062006: 594 births, rank #455
2007: 598 births, rank #462
2008: 531 births, rank #513
2009: 586 births, rank #466
2010: 475 births, rank #538
20112011: 433 births, rank #579
2012: 438 births, rank #584
2013: 471 births, rank #557
2014: 477 births, rank #582
2015: 480 births, rank #580
20162016: 431 births, rank #621
2017: 402 births, rank #644
2018: 337 births, rank #717
2019: 348 births, rank #710
2020: 345 births, rank #718
20212021: 317 births, rank #780
2022: 325 births, rank #777
2023: 369 births, rank #719
2024: 407 births, rank #674
20252025: 442 births, rank #632
Nathanael rose from #674 to #632 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2000, with 609 births.