First names in Hebrew

First name Chiya: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חייא

Gematria value: 29

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Chiya is written חייא

Chiya is another spelling of Hiyya, חייא in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Chiya mean?

Meaning: "life"
Origin: Aramaic

Hiyya is a name from the Talmud, in Aramaic: it means "life", the same word as the Hebrew chaim. Rabbi Hiyya, who came from Babylonia to the Land of Israel, was one of the last sages of the era of the Mishnah, and close to Rabbi Judah the Prince.

Gematria

Chiya = 29

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. חייא has 4 letters:

• חthe letter Chet8
• יthe letter Yod10
• יthe letter Yod10
• אthe letter Aleph1
• Total29

The verse of the name

From the letter Chet to the letter Aleph

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 Chiya, from ח to א:

חִדְלוּ לָכֶם מִן־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר נְשָׁמָה בְּאַפּוֹ כִּי־בַמֶּה נֶחְשָׁב הוּא׃

“Stop trusting in man, who has only a breath in his nostrils; for what is he really worth?”

Isaiah 2:22

The book of your first name

Chiya, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Chiya in three answers

How do you write Chiya in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Chiya is written חייא. Chiya is another spelling of Hiyya, חייא in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Chiya?
Written חייא, Chiya is worth 29: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Aleph (1).

What does Chiya mean?
Life (origin: Aramaic). Hiyya is a name from the Talmud, in Aramaic: it means "life", the same word as the Hebrew chaim. Rabbi Hiyya, who came from Babylonia to the Land of Israel, was one of the last sages of the era of the Mishnah, and close to Rabbi Judah the Prince.