Nathalie

Where Nathalie comes from

The dictionaries list Nathalie as a given name — a female given name from Latin, of rather rare usage, variant of Natalie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1900
    Nathalie Sarraute born
    French lawyer and writer
  3. 1948
    Nathalie Baye born
    French actress
  4. 1998
    Peak, #445
    581 babies named Nathalie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #911.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, of rather rare usage, variant of Natalie.
Namesakes
  • Nathalie Sarraute · French lawyer and writer, 1900–1999
  • Nathalie Baye · French actress, 1948–2026
  • Nathalie Emmanuel · British actress, born 1989
  • Nathalie Dechy · French tennis player, born 1979
  • Nathalie Tauziat · French tennis player, born 1967

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.