Etymology

Quotations

• 1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew: Act IV, Scene I:

  Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made,

  And Gabriel's pumps were all unpink'd i' the heel.

• 1837 Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 34:

  ‘What’s your Christian name, Sir?’ angrily inquired the little judge. / ‘Nathaniel, Sir.’ / ‘Daniel—any other name?’ / ‘Nathaniel, sir—my Lord, I mean.’ / ‘Nathaniel Daniel, or Daniel Nathaniel?’ / ‘No, my Lord, only Nathaniel —not Daniel at all.’ / ‘What did you tell me it was Daniel for, then, sir?’ inquired the judge.