Nathaniel

Nathaniel

Nathaniel (alternate spelling: Nathanael) is a male name and surname. It comes from the Hebrew name נְתַנְאֵל/Nethan'el meaning "Gift of God" (from the Hebrew words nathan "Gift" + el "of God"). Nathaniel is commonly shortened to Nate, Nat, Natte, Natan, or Nathan.

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    “The American, who up to the present day, has evinced, in Literature, the largest brain with the largest heart, that man is Nathaniel Hawthorne.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)