First names in Hebrew

First name Dawn: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

שחר

Gematria value: 508

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Dawn is written שחר

שחרThe Hebrew name with the same meaningShachar, "dawn", is a Hebrew first name given to girls and boys.Value: 508

דוןAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 60

Meaning and origin

What does Dawn mean?

Meaning: "dawn"
Origin: English

Dawn is the English word for the first light of morning. It became a first name in the twentieth century and was popular in America and Britain in the 1960s and 1970s.

Gematria

Dawn = 508

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

שthe letter Shin300
חthe letter Chet8
רthe letter Resh200
Total508

Written דון (as it sounds in English), Dawn is worth 60.

The verse of the name

From the letter Shin 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 Dawn, from ש to ר:

שְׂאוּ־מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ מִי־בָרָא אֵלֶּה הַמּוֹצִיא בְמִסְפָּר צְבָאָם לְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁם יִקְרָא מֵרֹב אוֹנִים וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ אִישׁ לֹא נֶעְדָּר׃

“Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number and calls each of them by name; so great is His might and so strong His power that not one is missing.”

Isaiah 40:26

The book of your first name

Dawn, in nine pages

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

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Frequently asked

Dawn in three answers

How do you write Dawn in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Dawn is written שחר. As it sounds in English, it is written דון.

What is the gematria value of Dawn?
Written שחר, Dawn is worth 508: the letter Shin (300) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Resh (200). Written דון (as it sounds in English), it is worth 60.

What does Dawn mean?
Dawn (origin: English). Dawn is the English word for the first light of morning. It became a first name in the twentieth century and was popular in America and Britain in the 1960s and 1970s.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).