First names in Hebrew

First name Daniel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דניאל

Gematria value: 95

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Daniel is written דניאל

Meaning and origin

What does Daniel mean?

Meaning: "God is my judge"
Origin: Hebrew

Daniel is a biblical name that has barely changed from one language to another. It means "God is my judge", built on din, "judgment". It is not a name of fear but of trust: only God truly judges, not the gaze of others. The same root already appears in Genesis, when Rachel names her son Dan, saying "God has done me justice" (Genesis 30:6).

Gematria

Daniel = 95

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

• דthe letter Dalet4
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total95

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet to the letter Lamed

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 Daniel, from ד to ל:

דָּן יָדִין עַמּוֹ כְּאַחַד שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

“Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.”

Genesis 49:16

The book of your first name

Daniel, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Daniel in three answers

How do you write Daniel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Daniel is written דניאל.

What is the gematria value of Daniel?
Written דניאל, Daniel is worth 95: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30).

What does Daniel mean?
God is my judge (origin: Hebrew). Daniel is a biblical name that has barely changed from one language to another. It means "God is my judge", built on din, "judgment". It is not a name of fear but of trust: only God truly judges, not the gaze of others. The same root already appears in Genesis, when Rachel names her son Dan, saying "God has done me justice" (Genesis 30:6).