Nethaniah

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical
Scripts נְתַנְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /nɛθ.ə.ˈnaɪ.ə/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "Yahweh has given" in Hebrew, derived from נָתַן (naṯan) meaning "to give" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Ishmael (the assassin of Gedaliah), as well as other minor characters.

Related Names

Rootsnaṯan + Yahweh
Other Languages & CulturesMatevos(Armenian) Mattathias, Matthaios, Matthias(Biblical Greek) Mattanyahu, Mattithyahu, Mattityahu, Netanyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Mattheus, Matthias(Biblical Latin) Mazhe(Breton) Matey(Bulgarian) Mateu(Catalan) Matej, Mateo(Croatian) Matouš(Czech) Matthew(English) Mati(Estonian) Matti(Finnish) Mahé, Matéo, Mathéo, Mathieu, Mattéo, Matthieu(French) Mate(Georgian) Matthäus(German) Matthaios, Mattheos(Greek) Makaio(Hawaiian) Matityahu(Hebrew) Máté(Hungarian) Maitiú(Irish) Matteo(Italian) Matīss(Latvian) Matas, Motiejus(Lithuanian) Matej(Macedonian) Matheo, Matteus(Norwegian) Mateusz(Polish) Mateus(Portuguese) Matei(Romanian) Matvei, Matvey, Matfey(Russian) Matúš(Slovak) Matej, Matevž(Slovene) Mateo(Spanish) Matheo, Matteus(Swedish) Matviy(Ukrainian)

Categories

divine gift, Hebrew Bible figures, theophoric names
Entry updated December 1, 2024