First names in Hebrew

First name Bernice: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ברניס

Gematria value: 322

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Bernice is written ברניס

Meaning and origin

What does Bernice mean?

Meaning: "bringer of victory"
Origin: Greek

Bernice is the English form of the Greek Berenike, from pherein, “to bring”, and nike, “victory”: “the bringer of victory”. It was a name of queens in ancient Egypt. It was very popular in America in the 1920s and 1930s.

Gematria

Bernice = 322

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

• בthe letter Bet2
• רthe letter Resh200
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• Total322

The verse of the name

From the letter Bet to the letter Samekh

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 Bernice, from ב to ס:

בְּבִרְכַּת יְשָׁרִים תָּרוּם קָרֶת וּבְפִי רְשָׁעִים תֵּהָרֵס׃

“By the blessing of the upright a city is raised up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.”

Proverbs 11:11

The book of your first name

Bernice, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Bernice in three answers

How do you write Bernice in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Bernice is written ברניס.

What is the gematria value of Bernice?
Written ברניס, Bernice is worth 322: the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60).

What does Bernice mean?
Bringer of victory (origin: Greek). Bernice is the English form of the Greek Berenike, from pherein, “to bring”, and nike, “victory”: “the bringer of victory”. It was a name of queens in ancient Egypt. It was very popular in America in the 1920s and 1930s.