First names in Hebrew

First name Dylan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דילן

Gematria value: 94

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Dylan is written דילן

Meaning and origin

What does Dylan mean?

Meaning: "great tide", "son of the sea"
Origin: Welsh

Dylan is a Welsh name, usually explained by dy, "great", and llanw, "tide, flow": "great tide", or "son of the sea". The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas made it known, and the singer Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman into a Jewish family in Minnesota, took it as his stage name. It has been widely given in America and Britain since the 1990s.

Gematria

Dylan = 94

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

• דthe letter Dalet4
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total94

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 Dylan, 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

Dylan, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Dylan in three answers

How do you write Dylan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Dylan is written דילן.

What is the gematria value of Dylan?
Written דילן, Dylan is worth 94: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Dylan mean?
Great tide", "son of the sea (origin: Welsh). Dylan is a Welsh name, usually explained by dy, "great", and llanw, "tide, flow": "great tide", or "son of the sea". The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas made it known, and the singer Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman into a Jewish family in Minnesota, took it as his stage name. It has been widely given in America and Britain since the 1990s.