Nat

Where Nat comes from

The dictionaries list Nat as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #460
    14 babies named Nat — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #754.
  4. 1919
    Nat King Cole born
    American singer and jazz pianist
  5. 1925
    Nat Lofthouse born
    English footballer
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia.
  • Nickname for Natsuki from the video game Doki Doki Literature Club!.
Namesakes
  • Nat King Cole · American singer and jazz pianist, 1919–1965
  • Nat Lofthouse · English footballer, 1925–2011
  • Nat Wolff · American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter, born 1994
  • Nat Faxon · American actor, born 1975
  • Nat Hentoff · American music critic, born 1925, 1925–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.