Given name & surname
Natale
“born at Christmastime”
Natale is a variant of Natal. One Spanish interpretation is “born at Christmastime.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Natale is a variant of Natal. One Spanish interpretation is “born at Christmastime.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Natale is a variant of Natal. An origin associated with Natal is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Natale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,523
- 1,152 boys · 371 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,443 as a first name in 2020; 5,277 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Natale’s family of names
In Basque usage, Natale has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Natalia. Natale has a related form in Natal. In Italian usage, Natale has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form NATALIS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Natale
- Natale SchiavoniItalian painter and engraver (1777–1858)
- Natale AbbadiaItalian composer and choir director1782–1861
- Natalis ComesItalian mythographer (1520–1582)
- Natale GallettaItalian singerborn 1967
- Natalino OttoItalian singer (1912–1969)
- Oscar FarinettiItalian businessman and investorborn 1954
- Natale MasuccioItalian architect
- Natale MonferratoItalian composer (1603–1685)
- NatalisSaint Archbishop Of Milan650–747
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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