Editing Nathanael

{{Infobox given name
| name = Nathanael
| image= StJohnsAshfield StainedGlass Nathanael.png
| image_size = 150
| caption= The biblical Nathanael depicted in stained glass.
| pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|n|ə|ˈ|θ|æ|n|i|əl}}
| gender = Masculine
| meaning = "God has given" or "Gift of God"
| region =
| origin = Hebrew
| related names = [[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]], [[Nathan (given name)|Nathan]], [[Nathaniel]]
| nickname = [[Nat (name)|Nat]], [[Nate (given name)|Nate]]
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Nathanael''' is a [[Bible|biblical]] [[given name]] derived from the Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (''Netan'el''), which means "God/[[El (deity)|El]] has given" or "Gift of God/[[El (deity)|El]]."<ref>Hanks, Patrick, et al. ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'' (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.</ref> '''[[Nathaniel]]''' is the variant form of this name and it stands to this day as the usual and most common spelling for a masculine given name. Other variants include '''Nathanel''', '''Netanel''' and '''Nathanial'''. A short form is '''Nate'''.

Several figures in the [[Bible]] bear forms of this name. In the [[Hebrew Bible|Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)]], the name is shared by a prince (or chieftain) of the [[Tribe of Issachar]] ([[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 7:18–23, in the [[Naso (parsha)|Naso parsha]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://torah.org/torah-portion/ravfrand-5758-naso/ |title=The Dilemma of Nisanel ben Tzuar |date=7 June 2002 |publisher=Torah.org |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> and by a brother of [[King David]] (1 [[Books of Chronicles|Chronicles]] 2:14).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aish.com/jl/l/b/48967016.html |title=Boys' Names |last=Simmons |first=Rabbi Shraga |date=January 2007 |publisher=aish.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> In the [[New Testament]], Nathanael is said to be an early follower of [[Jesus of Nazareth]], according to the [[Gospel of John]] (1:45; 21:2). 

The related name '''[[List of minor Old Testament figures, A–K#Elnathan|Elnathan]]''' could be rendered "Gift of '''[[Names_of_God_in_Judaism#El|El]]'''" (Hebrew God). Four people named Elnathan are mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]]: one at {{bibleverse|2|Kings|24:8|HE}}, and three in {{bibleverse||Ezra|8:15–20|HE}}. A similar ancient name with the same meaning as Elnathan is [[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]], which signifies "[[YHWH]] has given".

==In the Bible==
* [[Nathanael (follower of Jesus)]] in the [[Gospel of John]]

==Notable people with this name==
===A===
* [[Nate Ackerman]] (born 1978), a British-American mathematician and wrestler

===B===
* [[Nathanael Ball]] (1623–1681), an English clergyman, assistant to [[Brian Walton (bishop)|Brian Walton]] in his ''[[London Polyglot]]'' Bible
* [[Nate Bargatze]] (born 1979), an American comedian and actor
* [[Nathanael Barnes]] (born 1987), an Australian rugby league footballer
* [[Nathanael Burwash]] (1839–1918),  a Canadian methodist, minister and university administrator

===C===
* [[Nathanael Carpenter]] (1589 – c. 1628), an English author, philosopher, and geographer
* [[Nathanael Chalmers]] (1830–1910), a New Zealand pastoralist, explorer, politician, planter, sugar miller and magistrate

===D===
* [[Nathanael Diesel]] (1692–1745), a Danish composer

===E===
* [[Nathanael Emmons]] (1745–1840), an American congregational minister

===F===
* [[Nathanael Fouquet]] (born 1972), a French slalom canoeist

===G===
* [[Nathanael Gray]], a professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at [[Harvard Medical School]]
* [[Nathanael Greene]] (1742–1786), Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
* [[August Nathanael Grischow]] (1726–1760), a German mathematician and astronomer

===H===
* [[Nathanael Greene Herreshoff]] (1848–1938), American naval architect

===J===
* [[Nathanael Jones]] (c. 1624 – 1683), a Welsh gentleman-poet

===L===
* [[Nathanael Gottfried Leske]] (1751–1786), a German scientist and geologist
* [[Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn]] (1711–1756), a German Physician
* [[Nathanael Liminski]] (born 1985), a German politician

===M===
* [[Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf]] (1724–1784), a German botanist, physician and astronomer
* [[Nathanael Mbourou]] (born 1996), a Gabonese professional footballer

===N===
* [[Nat Neujean]] (1923–2018), a Belgian sculptor

===O===
* [[Nate Oats]] (born 1974), an American basketball coach
* [[Nathanael Ogbeta]] (born 2001), an English footballer
* [[Nathanael of Ohrid]] (1820–1906), a Bulgarian cleric, writer and revolutionary from [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]
* [[Nathanael Orr]] (1917–2016), an Australian politician

===P===
* [[Nathanael G. Pendleton]] (1793–1861), an American politician
* [[Nathanael Pringsheim]] (1823–1894), a German botanist

===R===
* [[Nathan Ralph]] (born 1993), an English footballer
* [[Nathanael Richards]] (1630–1654), an English dramatist

===S===
* [[Nate Saint]] (1923–1956), an evangelical Christian missionary pilot
* [[Nathanael Saleh]] (born 2006), an English actor
* [[Nathanael Salmon]] (1675–1742), an English antiquary
* [[Nathanaël]] (born Nathalie Stephens, 1970), Canadian writer and translator

===V===
* [[Nathanael Villanueva]] (born 1995), a Filipino footballer

===W===
* [[Nathanael West]] (1903–1940), American writer
* [[Nathanael Wiseman]], an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Award-winning production company [[Redeeming Features]]

==People with the name Nathanial==
* [[Nathanial Saltonstall]] (c. 1639 – 1707), American judge

== See also ==
*[[Nathaniel]]
*[[Natanael (given name)]]
*[[Nathan (given name)]]
*[[Nate (given name)]]
*[[Nethaneel]]
*[[Netanyahu (surname)]]
*{{lookfrom|Nathanael}}
*{{lookfrom|Nathanial}}

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