Gift of God
A creative spelling of the Hebrew name Nathaniel. It combines the elements 'natan', meaning to give, and 'el', referring to God, to signify a divine gift.
Less common today
Nathanyal isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,757 in 1999.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).