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Nathan
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈneɪθən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nathan.wav Southern England
en Na than
Etymology 1
From en he נָתָן gave natán. Also short for en Jonathan.
Proper noun
~ s
en Q319116en biblical character An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.
2 Samuel 12 5 7 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:
The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha
2 Samuel 5 14 the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
en male Hebrew, of Biblical origin.
en 1972 Nate Perlmutter A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew Arlington House 0870001647 27 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. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying.
en 2007 Rose Lamatt Lifeline Online 143270589X 128 He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name.
en-GB Wendy Ide Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving w:The Guardian 2024-06-16 https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/16/sasquatch-sunset-review-jesse-eisenberg-riley-keough-zellner-brothers 0261-3077 Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013161142/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/16/sasquatch-sunset-review-jesse-eisenberg-riley-keough-zellner-brothers 13 October 2026
en English patronymics.
en Nation
en Ashkenazi Hebrew < patronymics, a variant of Natan.
en suburb of city/Brisbane s/Queensland c/Australia ; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.
Usage notes
A popular given name in English-speaking countries from the 1980s.
Derived terms
en given name diminutives Nate Nat
Related terms
en Nathanael Jonathan Nathaniel
Translations
biblical prophet
Armenian: hy Նաթան
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拿單 Protestant, cmn 納堂 Catholic
Coptic: cop ⲛⲁⲑⲁⲛ
Finnish: fi Naatan, fi Natan
French: fr Nathan
German: de Natan m
Greek: el Νάθαν
Hebrew: he נָתָן m natán
Hindi: hi नातान m
Kazakh: kk Натан
Latin: la Nāthan m
Macedonian: mk Натан
Malay: ms Natan
Maltese: mt Natan
Polish: pl Natan m
Portuguese: pt Natã m
Russian: ru Ната́н m
Spanish: es Natán
Yiddish: yi נתן m nosn
male given name
Armenian: hy Նաթան
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 內森 Nèisēn from English
Danish: da Nathan
Dutch: nl Nathan
Finnish: fi Naatan fairly rare
French: fr Nathan
German: de Nathan m, de Natan m
Greek: el Νέιθαν transliteration from English
Hebrew: he נָתָן m natán
Hungarian: hu Nátán
Italian: it Nathan
Japanese: ja ネイサン Neisan
Latin: la Nathan
Macedonian: mk Натан
Maltese: mt Natan
Māori: mi Nātana
Norwegian: no Nathan
Polish: pl Natan m
Portuguese: pt Natã m, pt Natan m
Russian: ru На́тан m
Spanish: es Natán m, es Natan m
Swedish: sv Nathan
Yiddish: yi נתן m nosn
Etymology 2
From a 2014 meme which suggested that white people should replace the word en nigga in rap songs with Nathan. The present meaning of the term dates from around 2017.Nathan https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nathan
Noun
en slang hip-hop derogatory A white hip-hop fan, especially one who listens to white rappers and looks down on mumble rap.
en 25 November 2019 Szillar dankmemes e1k3ln f8qoadx Mumble rappers be like: https://web.archive.org/web/20231111173254/https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/e1k3ln/mumble_rappers_be_like/f8qoadx/ 11 November 2023 A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap
en 28 February 2022 uselessrart IndianHipHopHeads t38y4p hyr98xd Mummble acceptance in dhh. https://web.archive.org/web/20231113105046/https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianHipHopHeads/comments/t38y4p/mummble_acceptance_in_dhh/hyr98xd/ 13 November 2023 Nathans are infinitely worse than mumble/trap fans
en 19 December 2022 hiphopheads zpalj3 j0sqbh5 Hiphop 10 years from now? https://web.archive.org/web/20231111173253/https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/zpalj3/hiphop_10_years_from_now/j0sqbh5/ 11 November 2023 it would be nice if the new fans would go away or at least change who they are completely. i love seeing bladee & company win but these 100 gec ass nathans are like locusts going from one artist's chronically online fanbase to the next. sematary went down quick lol. once fantano reviewed rb3 it was over
References
Anagrams
en aahnnt Han-tan tannah thanna
en Fans (people)
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Nathan, from ceb he נָתָן gave natán. Also short for ceb en Jonathan.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb biblical character ceb Nathan
ceb male English < Hebrew
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Nathan.wav
Proper noun
m
en Nathan biblical prophet
fr male, currently popular
fr Biblical characters
German
Pronunciation
de De-Nathan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
Nathan biblical prophet
de male
Latin
Etymology
la Nāthan :bor grc:Νάθαν<ety:der<hbo:נָתָן<tr:Natán>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Nāthan
Proper noun
Nāthan<0> m
la biblical character Nathan
Declension
Nāthan<0>
References
Old English
Etymology
From ang la Nāthan, from ang grc Νάθαν, originally from ang hbo נָתָן Natán.
Proper noun
m
ang biblical character en Nathan, son of David
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
m
pt male Natã