Natalie

Natalie

See also: Natálie

English

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Etymology

From the French form of the Late Latin saint's name Natalia, from nātālis (diēs) (“birthday (of Christ), Christmas”).

Proper noun

Natalie

1. A female given name.
   • 1860 Emma V. Hallett, Natalie: A Gem Among the Sea-weeds, W. F. Draper, 1860, page 264:

     […] often I have listened to my dear brother, as he told me the pretty story of the sad gentleman whom he met, when I was but an infant, and how he spoke to me so tenderly, and sighed for his own Natalie. I had no other name then but Sea-flower, and I have been called by that name ever since; yet after that day, my Christian name was Natalie.

   • 1964 Natalie Robinson Cole, The Arts in the Classroom, The John Day Company, page 129:

     I was ashamed of my very name, Natalie. Nobody else in town had the name Natalie. I wanted to have a name like Frances or Elizabeth, as two of the most popular little girls were named. When old ladies at church would say to me kindly enough,"What's your name, little girl?" I would answer "Natalie," and they would say, "Madaline, Mattie, what did you say?"

   • 1998 Phyllis Nagy, Plays 1, Methuen Drama 1998, →ISBN, page 133:

     ELSTON. Natalie is a beautiful name.

     NATALIE. Well, yes. It is. Thank you.

     ELSTON. A real spy name. My wife Natasha has a spy name and I'm forever telling her […]

Related terms

• Natalia
• natalitial
• Natasha
• Noel
• Noelle

Translations

female given name

Belarusian: Ната́лля (Natállja) Catalan: Natàlia f Czech: Natálie (cs) f Danish: Natalie Esperanto: Natalia French: Nathalie (fr) Galician: Natalia (gl) f German: Natalie (de) Greek: Ναταλία (el) (Natalía) Italian: Natalia (it)

Japanese: ナタリー (Natarī) Latvian: Natālija f Norwegian: Natalie (no) Persian: ناتالی‎ (fa) (nâtâli) Polish: Natalia (pl) f Portuguese: Natália (pt) f Russian: Ната́лья (ru) (Natálʹja) Spanish: Natalia (es) Swahili: Natalia Swedish: Natalia, Nathalie (sv)

Anagrams

• antliae, laniate, taenial

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Proper noun

Natalie

1. A female given name, cognate to English Natalie.

Related terms

• Natascha, Natasha, Natasja

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German

Alternative forms

• Nathalie
• Natali

Proper noun

Natalie

1. A female given name, cognate to Natalie.

Related terms

• Natascha

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Nathalie

Proper noun

Natalie

1. A female given name, cognate to Natalie.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Natalie c (genitive Natalies)

1. A female given name, a modern variant of Natalia.