First names in Hebrew

First name Avigdor: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אביגדור

Gematria value: 226

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Avigdor is written אביגדור

Meaning and origin

What does Avigdor mean?

Meaning: "my father is a wall of protection"
Origin: Hebrew

Avigdor is a Hebrew name made of avi, "my father", and geder, "wall, fence": "my father is a wall of protection". It appears in the Bible in a list of the family of Judah: "Jered, father of Gedor" (1 Chronicles 4:18).

Gematria

Avigdor = 226

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אביגדור has 7 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• גthe letter Gimel3
• דthe letter Dalet4
• וthe letter Vav6
• רthe letter Resh200
• Total226

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 Avigdor, 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

Avigdor, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Avigdor in three answers

How do you write Avigdor in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Avigdor is written אביגדור.

What is the gematria value of Avigdor?
Written אביגדור, Avigdor is worth 226: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200).

What does Avigdor mean?
My father is a wall of protection (origin: Hebrew). Avigdor is a Hebrew name made of avi, "my father", and geder, "wall, fence": "my father is a wall of protection". It appears in the Bible in a list of the family of Judah: "Jered, father of Gedor" (1 Chronicles 4:18).