Nathalie
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nathalie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name. Recorded meaning: French form of Natalia, from Latin natalis meaning 'birthday' or 'Christmas'.
- FRFrance≈1 in 205(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 37as Наталья
- MDMoldova1 in 39as Natalia
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nathalie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #7 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 607 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 205 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800,000 named Наталья, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
9 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Наталья in RU Russia, BY Belarus, CN China, Наталія in UA Ukraine, Natalie in US United States and Natalia in PL Poland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French form of Natalia, from Latin natalis meaning 'birthday' or 'Christmas'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nathalie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #4 | ≈3,800,000 est. | ≈1 in 37 | #8 | Наталья | 273 |
| UA Ukraine | #3 | ≈1,000,000 est. | ≈1 in 44 | listed | Наталія | 135 |
| CN China | — | ≈460,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Наталья | 51 |
| FR France | #14 | ≈330,000 est. | ≈1 in 205 | 383K | Nathalie | 416 |
| US United States | #244 | 324,013as Natalie | 1 in 1K | 324K | Natalie | 607 |
| PL Poland | #64 | 320,219as Natalia | 1 in 120 | 320K | Natalia | 224 |
| BY Belarus | #4 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 40 | 14 | Наталья | 71 |
| MD Moldova | #19 | 85,179as Natalia | 1 in 39 | 85K | Natal'Ja | 50 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nathalie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Lat. natalis 'birthday, Christmas'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Variant spelling of Natalie. The th is a mere elaboration in the French spelling and has not yet had any effect on the pronunciation.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, a female given name derived from Late Latin Natalia, partly through Russian influence; popular in 20th century France
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du latin Natalia, « jour de naissance, Noël »; fêtée le 27 juillet avec sainte Nathalie de Cordoue.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin natalis, « de la naissance »; fête le 27 juillet (sainte Nathalie).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nathalie Sarrauteb. 1900FRFrench lawyer and writer (1900–1999)
- Tippi Hedrenb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, model and activist
- Nathalie Bayeb. 1948FRFrench actress (1948–2026)
- Natalie Dessayb. 1965FRnot in their usual nameFrench opera soprano
- Nathalie Tauziatb. 1967FRFrench tennis player
- Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgb. 1975DEDanish equestrian; youngest daughter and child of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark
- Nathalie Dechyb. 1979FRFrench tennis player
- Nathalie Péchalatb. 1983FRFrench ice dancer
- Nathalie Kelleyb. 1985AUAustralian actress
- Nathalie Emmanuelb. 1989GBEnglish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 100 sources across 56 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 383K | #2,213 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 20K | #1,607 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 662 | #582 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 662 | #582 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 145 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45 | #1,607 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 6 | — |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 3 | #5,010 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nathalie mean, and where does it come from?
- French form of Natalia, from Latin natalis meaning 'birthday' or 'Christmas'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Nathalie a male or female name?
- Nathalie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Nathalie?
- In the etymology graph, Natalia, Natalie and Natasha are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Nathalie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 million people named Наталья in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Nathalie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 324,013 people named Natalie in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Nathalie compared with other names?
- In Russia, Nathalie is the 4th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nathalieThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nathalie” — the 4th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.