Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
נתן
“to give”
נתן (nosn) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Nathan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
נתן possibly goes back to a word meaning “to give.”
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How it developed
From Hebrew נָתָן (natán); its root is Hebrew נ־ת־ן.
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נתן’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, נתן has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nathan. In Hebrew usage, נתן has a transliteration in alfabe çevirisi gerekiyor. In Hebrew usage, נתן has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Natã.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named נתן
- Natan SharanskyIsraeli politician (born 1948)
- Natan PeledIsraeli diplomat (1913-1992)
- Natan SlifkinBritish rabbiborn 1975
- Natan YonatanIsraeli poet (1923–2004)
- Nathan GoshenIsraeli singer-songwriterborn 1986
- Natan Grosswriter, film producer and director (1919–2005)
- NatanRussian rapperborn 1986
- Natan ZahaviIsraeli film producer and film editor (born 1946)
- Nathan AxelrodIsraeli cinematographer, screenwriter, director (1905–1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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