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Nathaniel

American  
[nuh-than-yuhl] / nəˈθæn jəl /

noun

  1. Bartholomew.

  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “gift of God.”


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Former England international Nathaniel Chalobah made 113 league appearances for Watford.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Nathaniel Hawthorne set this brooding, allegorical work in mid-19th-century Salem, Mass., a town cursed by the crimes of the witch trials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

Circuit Court, and it was argued in April by Nathaniel Zelinsky, from the Washington Litigation Group.

From Slate May 18, 2026

Even Nathaniel Blackwood quit stopping by except when hearings and depositions required his presence.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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