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Nathan

A Hebrew name meaning "gift", carried almost entirely by men. It climbed through the 2010s to a brief high, then fell back: rare enough now that most Poles have never met one.

Nathan Pronunciation

Alive in 2025
2,911
Newborns 2025
12
National rank
#599

What Nathan means

Where Nathan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Nathan comes from the Hebrew verb natan, which means "he gave." The sense of "gift" grew out of that plain verb, a naming of the act before the thing. In the Hebrew Bible the prophet Nathan stands before King David and tells him a parable about a poor man's ewe lamb, then names the king's own guilt. That is one of the oldest scenes attached to the name.

The English-speaking world took it up and held it steady for centuries. It travels well. On a Polish class register today, a Nathan sits among the Jakubs and Filips without much fuss, an English-sounding choice built on a Hebrew root.

The name keeps no diminutive of its own in Polish, no softened home-form. It stays whole. What it says, it says directly: he gave, and from that giving, a gift.

How many people are named Nathan

1 in 7338 men in Poland is named Nathan. 2,911 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #599 among male names.

People with the name Nathan 2019 → 2025
2,911 +970 since 2019
2020 2,051 +110
2021 2,186 +135
2022 2,370 +184
2023 2,537 +167
2024 2,730 +193
2025 2,911 +181

Nathan's popularity over time

12 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #657 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002. Still the #599 name among living men, even as it slips to #657 among newborns.

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12 newborns with the name Nathan in 2025
national rank #657 that year

Where Nathan is most popular

Nathan is most popular in West Pomeranian, 108% above the national average (20 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Opole (+91%) and Lower Silesian (+90%). It is least common in Łódź and Podlaskie, 86% and 73% below average respectively.

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Nathan as a middle name

Nathan is a first name for 2,911 men in Poland and a middle name for another 407, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 349th, between Xavier (409) and Aaron (404).

As a first name
2,911
As a middle name
407
first name 88% middle name 12%
Middle-name ranking men

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