Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : Gift of God Boy name variations Nathaniel Nathanael Nathan Nataniel Natan Nate Nat Natty Nataniele Nathon Family name origins & meanings Indian (Panjab) : Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan.Evidently also a reduced form of Irish or Scottish McNatt.Jewish (American) : shortened form of Nathan.