Nathanael is a male given name that means "gift of God" (from Hebrew natan "he gives" + el "God").

It may be spelled in various fashions including Nathaniel and Nathanial. Nathanael is also commonly shortened to Nathan, Nate or Nat.

It may refer to:

• Nathanael — In the Gospel of John, one of the Twelve Apostles; usually identified with Bartholomew of the other gospels.
• Nathaniel Hawthorne — author of The Scarlet Letter
• Nathaniel (Bartimaeus trilogy) — a character in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Nathanial (Underworld) — a character in Underworld (2003 film) and sequels
• Nathaniel Stern - a Interdisciplinary artist
• Nathaniel Taggart - a character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
• Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo - the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of The Mohicans
• Nathaniel Bowditch — mathematician, author of the American Practical Navigator, and father of modern maritime navigation
• Nathanael Greene - a Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and a major player in the Battle of Guilford Court House
• Nathaniel Fisher, sr. and his son Nathaniel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. — characters in the television series Six Feet Under

See also

• Nathan

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