First names in Hebrew

First name Asher: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אשר

Gematria value: 501

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Asher is written אשר

Meaning and origin

What does Asher mean?

Meaning: "happy"
Origin: Hebrew

Asher is a Hebrew name meaning "happy". He is the eighth son of Jacob, born to Zilpah; Leah names him saying: "How happy I am, for women will call me happy" (Genesis 30:13). It is the same word that opens the book of Psalms: "Happy is the man…" (Psalms 1:1).

Gematria

Asher = 501

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אשר has 3 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• שthe letter Shin300
• רthe letter Resh200
• Total501

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Resh

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 Asher, from א to ר:

אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּעַר׃

“I would hurry to find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”

Psalms 55:9

The book of your first name

Asher, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Asher in three answers

How do you write Asher in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Asher is written אשר.

What is the gematria value of Asher?
Written אשר, Asher is worth 501: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Shin (300) + the letter Resh (200).

What does Asher mean?
Happy (origin: Hebrew). Asher is a Hebrew name meaning "happy". He is the eighth son of Jacob, born to Zilpah; Leah names him saying: "How happy I am, for women will call me happy" (Genesis 30:13). It is the same word that opens the book of Psalms: "Happy is the man…" (Psalms 1:1).