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Nat - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Nat

[ 1 syll. nat, na-t ] The boy name Nat is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is NAET KEY. Nat is used chiefly in the English and Hebrew languages, and its origin is Hebrew.

Nat is a short form of the name Nathan (English).

Nat is also a short form of the name Nathaniel (English and French) in the English and Hebrew languages.

Nat is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1911, 0.012% of baby boys were given the name Nat. Its ranking then was #570. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is today of very light use. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Nat, Nathan (English) was the most widely used. Nat has predominantly been a boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Nat include Nate (English), Natt (English), Ned (English), Newt (English), Knud (German and Scandinavian), Knut (English, German, and Scandinavian), Knute (English and Scandinavian), Namid, Nando (Italian), Nandy, Nata (Spanish), Natty (English), Nawat, Neddie (English), Neddy (English), Nemet (Hungarian), Nenad (Slavic), Neto (Spanish), Nithi (Tamil), and Nnamdi.

A famous person named Nat is Slave Nat Turner, born 2 October 1800 - 11 November 1831, Southampton County, Virginia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Nat: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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