Natalie as First Name

Natalie Wood            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Natalie Wood: was a three-time Academy Award nominated American film actress. Wood began appearing in movies when she was 5 years old, had parts in successful Hollywood films and unlike many child actors made the difficult transition to adult roles, most notably in Reb

Natalie Cole            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Natalie Cole: is an influential American singer-songwriter and performer who has won eight Grammy Awards throughout her career. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire towards a more jazzy orientated musical style since the early 90's. Natalie Cole is the daughter of noted crooner Nat King Cole. In several interviews, she talked about her upbringing; she was raised in an affluent area of Los Angeles, and her family, which she has referred to as "the black Kennedys", just a few doors down from the California governor. Cole also stated in an interview that she did not connect with her cultural heritage or "blackness" until she attended college. She was 15 years old when her father died of lung cancer.

Natalie Schafer            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Natalie Schafer: was an American actress.Schafer began her career as an actress on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles in 1941 to work in films. She played several supporting roles during the 1940s (such as the wife of a German officer in the 1942 film Reunion in France) and 1950s, and also appeared most notably in The Snake Pit (1948) and Anastasia (1956) while returning to New York City to live and work between film roles.

Natalie Allyn Sleeth            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Natalie Allyn Sleeth: was an American composer.Sleeth was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1934, she began to study the piano at the early age of four. Later in her life, she received an Academic major in music and a BA in music theory at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She married a Professor of Homiletics, Reverend Ronald E. Sleeth. One of her best-known anthems for choir is entitled "Joy in the Morning" and was written for the West Virginia Wesleyan College concert chorale on the occasion of her husband's inauguration as the president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1977. She was a member of the Highland Park United Methodist Church and one of her most noted hymn composition is the "Hymn of Promise", found currently in the United Methodist hymnal.

Natalie Renee McIntyre            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Natalie Renee McIntyre: Gray was born in Canton, Ohio, and decided to pursue a career in music after being expelled from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. However, Gray's initial success came as a surprise. While attending the University of Southern California (graduated 1990[2

Immigrant Baby Names and the Ethnic Identity If you have immigrated from your home country and have finally arrived in your land of dreams and opportunities, an ethnic name which reflects your original culture just might pose a minor challenge or two. There is no harm in trying ....More..