First names in Hebrew

First name Dean: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דין

Gematria value: 64

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Dean is written דין

Meaning and origin

What does Dean mean?

Meaning: "valley"
Origin: English

Dean is an English surname from the Old English denu, "valley": "the one who lives in the valley". The word is also a title, as for the dean of a college. The actor James Dean made it famous, and it was popular in America and Britain from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Gematria

Dean = 64

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

• דthe letter Dalet4
• יthe letter Yod10
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total64

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet to the letter final Nun

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 Dean, from ד to ן:

דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי־תָבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם וּקְצַרְתֶּם אֶת־קְצִירָהּ וַהֲבֵאתֶם אֶת־עֹמֶר רֵאשִׁית קְצִירְכֶם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן׃

“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that I am giving you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.”

Leviticus 23:10

The book of your first name

Dean, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Dean in three answers

How do you write Dean in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Dean is written דין.

What is the gematria value of Dean?
Written דין, Dean is worth 64: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Dean mean?
Valley (origin: English). Dean is an English surname from the Old English denu, "valley": "the one who lives in the valley". The word is also a title, as for the dean of a college. The actor James Dean made it famous, and it was popular in America and Britain from the 1950s to the 1980s.