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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Nathan m. Hebrew נָתָן '[God] gave'.

The name of a number of Old Testament characters. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Nathan.

The name came into use among Protestants in the 16th C.

England
Early Modern English
● 1567 Nathan BEmar-vol1 p. 8
Walloon
● 1595 Nathan RWC p. 37
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Nathan". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Nathan.