Given name & surname · also Russian
Natalie
Natalie is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “born on Christmas Day; refers to Christ's birthday.”
Original RussianНаталия
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “born on Christmas Day; refers to Christ's birthday.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Russian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In French use, Natalie may be used as a form of Natalya. This connection is uncertain.
The story
The name’s historical associations include the actress Natalie Wood.
Natalie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 379,831
- 769 boys · 379,062 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 10,970 babies
- 2025
- 2,736
- #89 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,736 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 89 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10,951 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (272). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 324,013 as a first name in 2020; 634 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.
Natalie’s family of names
In English usage, Natalie has a diminutive in Nate. In French usage, Natalie shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Natalia. In Swedish usage, Natalie has an alternative spelling in Nathalie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Natalie has relatives in 39 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
47 related names in 39 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 39
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nataliavariant · Swedish, French
- Natalyvariant · English
- Nathalyvariant · English
- Nathaliavariant · English
- Nathalievariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Natediminutive · English
- Natalyavariant · English
- Nataleevariant · English
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- Natalivariant · German, English
- Nettievariant
- Nataliyavariant
- Natalinavariant
- Nasiavariant
- Nadaliavariant
- Nattalylikely variant
- Nattalielikely variant
- Natydiminutive · Tagalog
- Nattiediminutive · English
- Natdiminutive · English
- Nataleavariant · English
- Naticavariant
- Nadalievariant
- Natividadvariant
- Natilievariant
- Nathaleevariant
- Natelyvariant
- Natelievariant · English
- Natalinevariant
- Natalenevariant
- Natalavariant · English
- Nattydiminutive · English
- Natsdiminutive · English
- Nathaleavariant
- Natillevariant
- Natuchevariant
- Nattilievariant
- Nathalijavariant
- Nathalielyvariant
- Nataljavariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- НаталияRussian, rsk
- НатальяRussian
- Ната́льяRussian
- Natasharelated form
- NataleighEnglish
- NatalijaSlovene, Serbo-Croatian
- Natachaequivalent
- NatallieEnglish
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- NatileeEnglish
- NatalliaEnglish
- NatalleEnglish
- NataleahEnglish
- Nataliiaequivalent
- Наталяequivalent
- Наталляequivalent
- Taliyeequivalent
- ΝαταλίαGreek
- Natàliacognate · Catalan
- NatálieCzech
- Natašaequivalent
- Ната́ляUkrainian
- Ната́лкаUkrainian
- Ната́ліяUkrainian
- NatáliaSlovak, Portuguese
- НаталијаSerbo-Croatian, Serbian
- ناتالیPersian
- На̄тальmns-nor
- NatālijaLatvian
- 나탈리Korean
- ナタリーJapanese
- נֶטַע־לִיHebrew
- נָטָלִיHebrew
- Ната́лляBelarusian
- نَاتَالِيArabic
- НаталіяUkrainian
- NatháliaPortuguese
- NataleenEnglish
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Natalie
- Natalie PortmanIsraeli-American actress (born 1981)
- Natalie WoodAmerican actress (1938–1981)
- Natalie ImbrugliaAustralian-British singer and actressborn 1975
- Natalie DormerEnglish actressborn 1982
- Natalie ColeAmerican singer (1950–2015)
- Natalie Clifford BarneyAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)
- Natalie GeisenbergerGerman lugerborn 1988
- Natalie GlebovaRussian-Canadian beauty queenborn 1981
- Natalie HorlerGerman singerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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