Nathan

• It's common, but I feel like it's a good, solid, classy name - much more so than Nathaniel, which I find a little whiny. It's just so likeable to me. I don't think I've ever met a Nathan I didn't like.
• I've loved this name ever since I read a book with the lead character named Nathaniel and called Nate. Strong, masculine name with (once again!) lots of history, dating back to the Bible.
• "Nate" is a cute nickname. Another classic with a vaguely Yankee ring.
• Nathan Christopher: very manly and boyish at the same time...The name of a comic book charachter, "Cable"...we chose to use this for our first son, dh is Christopher, and frame a copy of the comic that was issued the month of his birth.

English form of the Hebrew Natan, Nathan means "he [God] gave" or "he will give." Nathan was the name of a number of different figures in the Bible. It wasn't used as a given name until after the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
See Also: Nathyn, Nathan (girl)

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