First names in Hebrew

First name Alice: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אליס

Gematria value: 101

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Alice is written אליס

Meaning and origin

What does Alice mean?

Meaning: "of noble kind"
Origin: Germanic

Your name comes from an old Germanic name, Adalheidis, made of adal, "noble", and heid, "kind, manner of being": "of noble kind". It gave Adelaide, then, in the Middle Ages, Aalis, and finally Alice. Since 1865 it is also the name of Lewis Carroll's little girl, who falls down a rabbit hole into a world where nothing obeys logic, without ever losing her calm or her curiosity.

Gematria

Alice = 101

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אליס has 4 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• Total101

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Samekh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Alice, from א to ס:

אֹרַח לַצַּדִּיק מֵישָׁרִים יָשָׁר מַעְגַּל צַדִּיק תְּפַלֵּס׃

“The path of the righteous is straightness; You who are upright, You make level the track of the righteous.”

Isaiah 26:7

The book of your first name

Alice, in nine pages

• Alice, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Alice
• Alice, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Alice in three answers

How do you write Alice in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Alice is written אליס.

What is the gematria value of Alice?
Written אליס, Alice is worth 101: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60).

What does Alice mean?
Of noble kind (origin: Germanic). Your name comes from an old Germanic name, Adalheidis, made of adal, "noble", and heid, "kind, manner of being": "of noble kind". It gave Adelaide, then, in the Middle Ages, Aalis, and finally Alice. Since 1865 it is also the name of Lewis Carroll's little girl, who falls down a rabbit hole into a world where nothing obeys logic, without ever losing her calm or her curiosity.