First names in Hebrew

First name Aliya: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

עליה

Gematria value: 115

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Aliya is written עליה

Meaning and origin

What does Aliya mean?

Meaning: "high, exalted"
Origin: Arabic

Your name comes from the Arabic ʿĀliya, "high, exalted, noble". The spelling Aaliyah, with its double "a" and final "h", comes from the United States, where the singer Aaliyah made it famous in the 1990s.

Gematria

Aliya = 115

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

• עthe letter Ayin70
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total115

Written עלייה (as it sounds in English), Aliya is worth 125.

The verse of the name

From the letter Ayin to the letter He

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 Aliya, from ע to ה:

עֹטֶה־אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם כַּיְרִיעָה׃

“He wraps Himself in light as in a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.”

Psalms 104:2

The book of your first name

Aliya, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Aliya in three answers

How do you write Aliya in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Aliya is written עליה. Aliya is another spelling of Aaliyah. As it sounds in English, it is written עלייה.

What is the gematria value of Aliya?
Written עליה, Aliya is worth 115: the letter Ayin (70) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5). Written עלייה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 125.

What does Aliya mean?
High, exalted (origin: Arabic). Your name comes from the Arabic ʿĀliya, "high, exalted, noble". The spelling Aaliyah, with its double "a" and final "h", comes from the United States, where the singer Aaliyah made it famous in the 1990s.