Nathan is a surname. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נתן meaning gave (standard Hebrew Natan, Yiddish Nussen or Nosson, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṯān). The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he has given" or "he will give".
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People with this surname
Abie Nathan (1927–2008), Israeli humanist and peace activist
Barnett Nathan (1793–1856), English impresario and entertainer
Baron Nathan, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1940
Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan (1889–1963)
Roger Nathan, 2nd Baron Nathan (1922–2007)
Rupert Nathan, 3rd Baron Nathan (born 1957)
Clemens Nathan (1933–2015), British humanitarian
DeDee Nathan (born 1968), American heptathlete
Elias Salomon Nathan (1807–1862), German writer and physician
Ernesto Nathan (1848–1921), English-Italian politician and mayor of Rome (1907–1913)
George Nathan (1895–1937), British volunteer and battalion commander in the International Brigades
George Jean Nathan (1888 – 1958) American critic and editor
Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), Canadian politician
Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus (14th-15th century), French philosopher and rabbi
Isaac Nathan (c. 1792–1864), English-Australian musician
Janet Nathan (1938–2020), British visual artist
Jerrold Nathan Reginald Jerrold-Nathan (1889–1979), Australian painter
Joe Nathan (born 1974), American baseball player
John Nathan (born 1940), American professor of Japanese
Juanita Nathan, Canadian politician
Manfred Nathan (1875–1945) South African lawyer, judge, and writer.
Matthew Nathan (1862–1939), governor of Hong Kong (1904–1907)
Maud Nathan (1862–1946), American social worker, labor activist and suffragist
Micah Nathan (born 1973), American author
Michelle Vicki Nathan (born 1950), birth name of the British actress Vicki Michelle
Pareaute Nathan, New Zealand Māori educator and weaver
P.S. Nathan (1891–1976), Indian natural history specimen dealer
Robert Nathan (1894–1985), American novelist and poet
Robert Nathan (intelligence officer) (1868–1921), British intelligence official active in India and the United States
Robert R. Nathan (1908–2001), American economist
Robert Stuart Nathan (born 1948), American television writer and producer
Sara Nathan (broadcaster) (born 1956), English broadcaster
Sara Nathan (journalist) (born 1974), English journalist
Sellapan Ramanathan (1924–2016), 6th President of Singapore (1999–2011), often known as S R Nathan
Syd Nathan (1904–1968), American music business executive
Tonie Nathan (1923–2014), American politician
Tony Nathan (born 1956), American football coach
Fictional characters
Gloria Nathan, a Latin American doctor at HBO drama Oz