Origin and popularity of the name NATHAN

Origin

Nathan : 1: 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.2: 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.

Brann : 1: English (Kent and Sussex): from a Brittonic Celtic personal name Bran (from bran ‘raven’). The name was imported to England from Brittany following the Norman Conquest.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): Hebrew acronym consisting of ben rabi ‘son of’ + the initials of some personal name such as Nachman Nahum or Nathan.

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