Etymology

Nathaniel

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ ← Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromנְתַנְאֵל
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΝαθαναήλ
  3. English todayNathaniel

Modification, under influence of Daniel, of Nathanael, from Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΝαθαναήλ all →

Nathanael

Biblical Hebrewנְתַנְאֵל all →

Nathanael

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.