[nuh-than-yuh l] /nəˈθæn yəl/

(def 1).
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “gift of God.”.

masc. proper name, from Late Latin Nathanael, from Greek Nathanael, from Hebrew Nethan’el, literally “God has given” (see Nathan).


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