Nathanial?

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It’s a bit of a compromise as my partner doesn’t like Nathan but we both like Nate as a shortening.
Is it too long/much of a mouthful? We only have a short surname

Nathaniel?

Ha- yes! Should probably learn to spell it before I lumber my child with it!!

We have a Nathaniel, Nat for short. But mostly his full name. I’m biased but I think it’s a lovely name.

Love Nat too. Do you come across many others?

That was the name I had picked for if my daughter had been a boy

What did you call your daughter? I’m leaning towards Faith for a girl.

Many people go through life being called by an abbreviated name and never using the full version of their name. People often don't know the full version of someone's name, or assume that Nate/Ben/Robbie is a nickname, whereas it's actually their full name.

If you want to call your ds Nate, go ahead. Name him Nathaniel, or name him Jonathan, or whatever you like. They are both lovely names, and both are an excuse for the nicknames Nat or Nate. Or you could even name him Nate.

The Nathan part, by the way, means gave / given. Nathaniel means 'given by God', and Jonathan means 'God gave'.

No, the occasional second name. I also liked the Nathanael spelling but decided to go with the usual one.

Lovely name. Usually spelt Nathaniel, occasionally Nathanael, but I’d be inclined to use the former as it is much more widely known.

I‘m not too fond of Nathan either tbh.

But Nathaniel / Nathanael is lovely!

I love Nate. I'd put Nathaniel on the BC, but introduce him as Nate with everyone & everywhere. It just feels 'limiting' on a BC. Silly really.

I dislike biblical names so wouldn't choose it myself.

All of them?

😂

Really like it. Great if you have a short surname. I love Nate as a shortening.

Nate/Nat could be short for Netanyahu

I love it but my husband didn’t let me use it

I get the short last name but you will just be setting up little Nate/ big Nate as to why he has Nathaniel as a first name but has never gone by it.

Nathaniel is lovely. Also like Jonathan with Nate as a shortening.

Personally I think it’s a bit of a mouthful. Don’t really see how you can dislike Nathan (which is lovely) but like Nathaniel!

I really like it, and Nate is a nice shortform

(the full version is much nicer than Nathan IMO)

Hardly. I know only one Samuel who goes by his full name. All the others are Sams. (I presume they are Samuels!) And the two men I know called Alex are never called Alexander, even though that is their given name.

I agree with @Pinkpinkpink15
I think it's a beautiful name. Strong but gentle. I absolutely love the shortened version of Nate.

I like Nathaniel. I think it's underused and lovely.

I think Nat and Nate work as given names.

Nathaniel - I'm afraid I just hear Miriam Margoyles saying '...Nathaniel sits on a spike.' in Blackadder.