Hebrew Names: Meaning, Gematria & Biblical Origin

In Jewish tradition a name is not a label but a soul-signature. Its letters carry a gematria; its biblical bearer carries a pattern; together they describe something about the person who lives inside the name. Choose a name to read its meaning, its number, and the figure it was carried by — or enter your own birth date and name for a full reading.

אבנר Avner The Loyal Strategist · gematria 253 אברהם Avraham The Open Tent · gematria 248 משה Moshe The Reluctant Leader · gematria 345 דוד David The Singing King · gematria 14 יעקב Yaakov The Wrestler · gematria 182 יוסף Yosef The Dreamer Who Forgives · gematria 156 יצחק Yitzchak The Quiet Inheritor · gematria 208 אהרן Aharon The Peacemaker · gematria 256 יהודה Yehudah The Owner of His Mistakes · gematria 30 שלמה Shlomo Wisdom That Knows Its Limits · gematria 375 אליהו Eliyahu The Fire and the Still Voice · gematria 52 מרדכי Mordechai The One Who Does Not Bow · gematria 274 חיים Chaim A Name That Is a Prayer · gematria 68 דניאל Daniel The One Who Stays Himself in Babylon · gematria 95 יונתן Yonatan The Friend Who Chooses Love Over Crown · gematria 516 לאה Leah The Mother of Kings · gematria 36 שרה Sarah The Royal Mother · gematria 505 רבקה Rivkah The One Who Sees What Must Be Done · gematria 307 רחל Rachel The Beloved Who Waits · gematria 238 חנה Chana The Mother of True Prayer · gematria 63 מרים Miriam The One Who Watches and Sings · gematria 290 דבורה Devorah The Mother in Israel · gematria 217 אסתר Esther The Hidden One · gematria 661 יעל Yael The Quiet One Who Strikes at the Right Moment · gematria 110 תמר Tamar The Risker for What Is Right · gematria 640 רות Ruth The One Who Chooses · gematria 606 נעמי Naomi The One Who Returns After Loss · gematria 170 יהודית Yehudit The One Who Acts When the Men Cannot · gematria 435 ברכה Bracha The Living Prayer · gematria 227

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Hebrew names — meaning, gematria & origin