First names in Hebrew

First name Frank: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

פרנק

Gematria value: 430

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Frank is written פרנק

Meaning and origin

What does Frank mean?

Meaning: "a Frank", "free, sincere"
Origin: Germanic

Frank comes from the Franks, the Germanic people whose name came to mean "free" and "sincere", the sense still found in the English word "frank". It is also a short form of Francis, from the Latin Franciscus, "Frenchman", and of Franklin, "free landholder". Frankie is its pet form.

Gematria

Frank = 430

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

• פthe letter Pe80
• רthe letter Resh200
• נthe letter Nun50
• קthe letter Kuf100
• Total430

The verse of the name

From the letter Pe to the letter Kuf

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. No verse without a divine Name runs exactly from פ to ק: we then take the closest letter by sound, here from פ to כ.

פָּנֶיךָ הָאֵר בְּעַבְדֶּךָ וְלַמְּדֵנִי אֶת־חֻקֶּיךָ׃

“Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.”

Psalms 119:135

The book of your first name

Frank, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Frank in three answers

How do you write Frank in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Frank is written פרנק.

What is the gematria value of Frank?
Written פרנק, Frank is worth 430: the letter Pe (80) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Kuf (100).

What does Frank mean?
A Frank", "free, sincere (origin: Germanic). Frank comes from the Franks, the Germanic people whose name came to mean "free" and "sincere", the sense still found in the English word "frank". It is also a short form of Francis, from the Latin Franciscus, "Frenchman", and of Franklin, "free landholder". Frankie is its pet form.