Nathan
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon.
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George Jean, 1882–1958, U.S. drama critic, author, and editor.
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Robert, 1894–1985, U.S. novelist and poet.
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a male given name.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Nathan
Ultimately from Hebrew Nāthān “he (God) gave”
Example Sentences
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Nathan Hochman’s request to freeze the funds over fraud concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Orange County native Nathan Church got the Cardinals’ wheels turning iwith a single up the middle, advancing José Fermin to third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Los Angeles County's top prosecutor, Nathan Hochman, said on Monday outside the courtroom that his office is "ready to proceed" with its case against Burke.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
On July 21, 2026, Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher working at Ghent University in Belgium, wrote a Substack post detailing how he submitted Arday’s 2015 dissertation to Copyleaks, a plagiarism detection platform.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
That night, after he gave Spider a piece of candy he had gotten at a gas station, Nathan snuck out into the desert through his window.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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