Nathan Family History
Nathan Name Meaning
Jewish Assyrian/Chaldean English French and German: from the Biblical personal name Natan (Nathan in English French and German) meaning ‘given (by God)’ in Hebrew. In Europe the personal name was comparatively rare among non-Jews in the Middle Ages (although always common among Jews); as a modern surname it is most frequently Jewish. Sometimes this is also a Jewish short form of the personal name Jonathan or Nathaniel . Indian (mainly southern states): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit nātha ‘lord’. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022