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 [ syll. nat-ha-nial, na-thani-al ] The boy name Nathanial is pronounced as NAE-THAENiyahL KEY. Nathanial is an English name of Hebrew origin. Nathanial is a variant spelling of the name Nathaniel (English and French). Nathanial is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 1999, 0.018% of baby boys were given the name Nathanial. It was #547 in rank then. In 2008, its usage was 0.010% and its ranking #931. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Nathanial, Nathaniel (English and French) was the most frequently used. In 2008, it was 27 times more commonly used than Nathanial. Baby names that sound like Nathanial include Nataniel (Russian), Nataniele (Italian), Nethaneel (English), Natanael (Scandinavian and Spanish), Nathanael (English, French, and German), Nathaneal (English), Nathaniel (English and French), and Nathanyel (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Nathanial: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
