Given name & surname
Nato
“one who is gentle”
Nato is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is gentle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is gentle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
Nato’s family of names
Nato has a conventional equivalent in the French form Anatole. Nato has a related form in Natoe. Nato has a related form in Natow.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nato
- Nato VachnadzeSoviet actress (1904-1953)
- Nato ChkheidzeGeorgian businesswoman and politicianborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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