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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Nathanael
Hebrew
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Usage of the Name Nathanael
Biblical
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Meaning of the Name Nathanael
The name Nathanael is a variant of Nathaniel, which is used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament.
In the New Testament Nathanael was one of the Twelve Apostles; he appears only in the Book of John, but is traditionally identified with the apostle Bartholomew who appears in other gospels.
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Interesting Facts about Nathanael
- Nathanael is the central character in the short story Der Sandmann (1816) by German author E.T.A. Hoffman and its many theatrical adaptations.
- Nathanael is also a main character in Les nourritures terrestres (1897), a French prose-poem by André Gide.
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Nathanael Carpenter (c. 1588 - 1628), an English author and geographer;
Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf (1724 - 1784), a Polish-German physician and astronomer;
Nathanael Greene (1742 - 1786), an American general;
Nathanael Pringsheim (1823 - 1894), a German botanist;
Nathanael West (1903 - 1940), an American author, screenwriter, and satirist.
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