Given name & surname
Nathalie
In German use, Nathalie is a variant of Natalie. One Latin interpretation is “born on Christmas Day; refers to Christ's birthday.”
Original LatinNatalia
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Nathalie is a variant of Natalie. One Latin interpretation is “born on Christmas Day; refers to Christ's birthday.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Nathalie developed from Natalia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Nathalie is a variant of Natalie. The history of Natalie gives this family its wider story. Natalie’s historical associations include the actress Natalie Wood.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Nathalie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,673
- 6 boys · 20,667 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 629 babies
- 2025
- 145
- #1,481 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 145 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,481 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 629 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,885 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nathalie’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Nathalie developed from the Latin form Natalia. In Swedish usage, Nathalie has an alternative spelling in Natalie. In German usage, Nathalie has a related form in Natalie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nathalie has relatives in 32 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Nathalie comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Natalievariant · Norwegian, German
- Nataliavariant · German, Latin
- Nathalyvariant · English
- Natalivariant · German
- Nathallylikely variant
- Nachalyvariant · English
- Natthalylikely variant
- Natthalielikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nathalie
- Nathalie SarrauteFrench lawyer and writer (1900–1999)
- Tippi HedrenAmerican actress, model and activistborn 1930
- Nathalie BayeFrench actress (1948–2026)
- Nathalie EmmanuelBritish actress (born 1989)
- Nathalie DechyFrench tennis playerborn 1979
- Nathalie TauziatFrench tennis playerborn 1967
- Nathalie ArthaudFrench politicianborn 1970
- Nathalie CardoneFrench actress and singerborn 1967
- Nathalie Kosciusko-MorizetFrench engineer, advocate and former politicianborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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