First names in Hebrew
First name Faith: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
אמונה
Gematria value: 102
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Faith is written אמונה
Meaning and origin
What does Faith mean?
Meaning: "faith, trust"
Origin: English
Faith is an English virtue name, from the Latin fides, "trust, faithfulness". English families of the seventeenth century gave it to their daughters, and it has stayed popular in America ever since.
Gematria
Faith = 102
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אמונה has 5 letters:
- אthe letter Aleph1
- מthe letter Mem40
- וthe letter Vav6
- נthe letter Nun50
- הthe letter He5
- Total102
Written פיית׳ (as it sounds in English), Faith is worth 500.
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 Faith, 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
Faith, in nine pages
- Faith, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Faith
- Faith, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Faith in three answers
How do you write Faith in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Faith is written אמונה. As it sounds in English, it is written פיית׳.
What is the gematria value of Faith?
Written אמונה, Faith is worth 102: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written פיית׳ (as it sounds in English), it is worth 500.
What does Faith mean?
Faith, trust (origin: English). Faith is an English virtue name, from the Latin fides, "trust, faithfulness". English families of the seventeenth century gave it to their daughters, and it has stayed popular in America ever since.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).