First names in Hebrew

First name Gail: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אביגיל

Gematria value: 56

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Gail is written אביגיל

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Gail mean?

Meaning: short form of Abigail, "my father is joy"
Origin: Hebrew

Gail is a short form of Abigail that became a name of its own in the twentieth century, and was very popular in America in the 1940s and 1950s. Abigail is the Hebrew Avigail, “my father is joy”: the name of one of King David's wives, a woman of rare good sense.

Gematria

Gail = 56

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אביגיל has 6 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• גthe letter Gimel3
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total56

Written גייל (as it sounds in English), Gail is worth 53.

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Lamed

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 Gail, from א to ל:

אֶעְבְּרָה בְאַרְצֶךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֵלֵךְ לֹא אָסוּר יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול׃

“Let me pass through your land. I will keep to the road, only to the road; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left.”

Deuteronomy 2:27

The book of your first name

Gail, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Gail in three answers

How do you write Gail in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Gail is written אביגיל. Gail is a short form of Abigail, Avigail, אביגיל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written גייל.

What is the gematria value of Gail?
Written אביגיל, Gail is worth 56: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30). Written גייל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 53.

What does Gail mean?
Short form of Abigail, "my father is joy (origin: Hebrew). Gail is a short form of Abigail that became a name of its own in the twentieth century, and was very popular in America in the 1940s and 1950s. Abigail is the Hebrew Avigail, “my father is joy”: the name of one of King David's wives, a woman of rare good sense.