First names in Hebrew

First name Emma: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אמה

Gematria value: 46

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Emma is written אמה

Meaning and origin

What does Emma mean?

Meaning: "whole, universal"
Origin: Germanic

Emma is a Germanic name, from ermen or irmin, "whole, universal, immense". It was a name of queens in the Middle Ages: Emma of Normandy was twice queen of England in the eleventh century. Jane Austen gave it to the heroine of her novel Emma (1815), and today it is one of the most popular girls' names in America.

Gematria

Emma = 46

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

• אthe letter Aleph1
• מthe letter Mem40
• הthe letter He5
• Total46

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter He

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 Emma, from א to ה:

אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רׇנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה׃

“You are my hiding place; You guard me from distress, You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.”

Psalms 32:7

The book of your first name

Emma, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Emma in three answers

How do you write Emma in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Emma is written אמה.

What is the gematria value of Emma?
Written אמה, Emma is worth 46: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter He (5).

What does Emma mean?
Whole, universal (origin: Germanic). Emma is a Germanic name, from ermen or irmin, "whole, universal, immense". It was a name of queens in the Middle Ages: Emma of Normandy was twice queen of England in the eleventh century. Jane Austen gave it to the heroine of her novel Emma (1815), and today it is one of the most popular girls' names in America.