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Nathan¹

  • /ˈneɪθən/

Where it comes from

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan.

proper noun Nathans

  1. countable, uncountable An Old Testament prophet who advised King David. And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […]
  2. countable, uncountable The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin. I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes
  4. countable, uncountable An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  5. countable, uncountable An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan.
  6. countable, uncountable A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.

Nathan²

  • /ˈneɪθən/

Where it comes from

From a 2014 meme which suggested that white people should replace the word nigga in rap songs with Nathan. The present meaning of the term dates from around 2017.

noun Nathans

  1. derogatory, slang A white hip-hop fan, especially one who listens to white rappers and looks down on mumble rap. A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: benedict, stan, hale, nails, anymore, padma, nate, meredith, nathe, natan, nothing, zilch, zip, nada, nil, naught

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name biblical prophet

EspañolNatán
हिन्दीनातान nātān
PortuguêsNatã
FrançaisNathan
DeutschNatan
ΕλληνικάΝάθαν Náthan
РусскийНата́н Natán
עבריתנָתָן natán

name male given name

EspañolNatán, Natan
日本語ネーサン Nēsan
中文內森 /内森 Nèisēn
PortuguêsNatã, Natan
FrançaisNathan
DeutschNathan, Natan
ItalianoNathan
ΕλληνικάΝέιθαν Néithan
РусскийНа́тан Nátan
עבריתנָתָן natán

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@misc{nathan_2026,
  title = {Nathan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nathan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}