First names in Hebrew

First name Allison: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אליסון

Gematria value: 157

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Allison is written אליסון

Meaning and origin

What does Allison mean?

Meaning: "of noble kind"
Origin: Germanic

Your name is the English form of Alison, an old pet form of Alice. Alice comes from an old Germanic name, Adalheidis, from adal, "noble", and heid, "kind, manner of being": "of noble kind". Alison was a name of medieval England and Scotland, found already in Chaucer in the fourteenth century; Allison, with two l's, is the form that took hold in America.

Gematria

Allison = 157

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אליסון has 6 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• וthe letter Vav6
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total157

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter final Nun

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 Allison, from א to ן:

אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן הָהָר הַטּוֹב הַזֶּה וְהַלְּבָנֹן׃

“Let me cross over, please, and see the good land beyond the Jordan, this good hill country, and the Lebanon.”

Deuteronomy 3:25

The book of your first name

Allison, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Allison in three answers

How do you write Allison in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Allison is written אליסון.

What is the gematria value of Allison?
Written אליסון, Allison is worth 157: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Allison mean?
Of noble kind (origin: Germanic). Your name is the English form of Alison, an old pet form of Alice. Alice comes from an old Germanic name, Adalheidis, from adal, "noble", and heid, "kind, manner of being": "of noble kind". Alison was a name of medieval England and Scotland, found already in Chaucer in the fourteenth century; Allison, with two l's, is the form that took hold in America.