First names in Hebrew

First name Amanda: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אהובה

Gematria value: 19

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Amanda is written אהובה

אהובהThe Hebrew name with the same meaningAhuva, "beloved", is a Hebrew first name.Value: 19

אמנדהAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 100

Meaning and origin

What does Amanda mean?

Meaning: "worthy of being loved"
Origin: Latin

Amanda comes from the Latin amanda, "she who must be loved, worthy of love". The name was made fashionable by English playwrights at the end of the seventeenth century, and spread across the English-speaking world; it was among the top American names in the 1980s.

Gematria

Amanda = 19

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אהובה has 5 letters:

אthe letter Aleph1
הthe letter He5
וthe letter Vav6
בthe letter Bet2
הthe letter He5
Total19

Written אמנדה (as it sounds in English), Amanda is worth 100.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph 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 Amanda, from א to ה:

אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רׇנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה׃

“You are my hiding place; You guard me from distress, You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.”

Psalms 32:7

The book of your first name

Amanda, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Amanda in three answers

How do you write Amanda in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Amanda is written אהובה. As it sounds in English, it is written אמנדה.

What is the gematria value of Amanda?
Written אהובה, Amanda is worth 19: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter He (5) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter He (5). Written אמנדה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 100.

What does Amanda mean?
Worthy of being loved (origin: Latin). Amanda comes from the Latin amanda, "she who must be loved, worthy of love". The name was made fashionable by English playwrights at the end of the seventeenth century, and spread across the English-speaking world; it was among the top American names in the 1980s.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).