Tags: Given Name, Name.
Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נתן meaning to give (standard Hebrew Natan Yiddish Nussen or Nosson Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān). The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered he [God] has given or he will give.The related name Elnathan could be rendered Gift of God. Four different people named Elnathan are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: one at 2 Kings 24:8 and three in Ezra 8:15–20.
