Natalia Is Not in the Bible — the Name Means “Christmas Day”

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  • Natalia is not in the Bible. It comes from Latin natalis, “relating to birth, birthday,” which early Christians used especially for the birth of Jesus, so the name means “Christmas Day.”
  • Natalie and Nathalie are the English and French forms; Natalya, Nataliya and Natasha are Russian and Ukrainian. Noel and Noelle come from the same Latin word.
  • It has no Hebrew origin. Nathan (“he gave”) and Nathanael (“God has given”) sound similar but come from a Hebrew verb meaning “give.”
  • The birth the name refers to is told in Matthew and Luke (Luke 2:11).
  • Saint Natalia was the wife of Adrian of Nicomedia, martyred in the early fourth century. She encouraged him in prison and was with him at his execution.
  • The early Church also called a martyr’s day of death a natalis, a birthday into eternal life.

Natalia is not in the Bible. The name comes from the Latin natalis, “relating to birth, birthday,” and because early Christians used that word especially for the birthday of Jesus, Natalia came to mean “Christmas Day.” It is a Christian name rather than a biblical one. What does Natalia mean? Natalia is the feminine of the Roman name Natalis. The Romans called a birthday dies natalis. In Church Latin the word was used for the birthday of Christ, and that…

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Sources: Behind the Name entries for Natalie, Natalia, Nathan and Nathanael; Online Etymology Dictionary, “noel”; Catholic Encyclopedia (1911), “Natal Day”; Orthodox Church in America, “Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions, of Nicomedia”; Scripture quotation from the NIV via BibleGateway (Luke 2:11).

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