First names in Hebrew

First name Greg: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

גרג

Gematria value: 206

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Greg is written גרג

Greg is short for Gregory.

Meaning and origin

What does Greg mean?

Meaning: "watchful"
Origin: Greek

Gregory comes from the Greek Gregorios, from gregorein, "to be watchful, awake". It has been used in every European language for centuries and was popular in America in the 1960s and 1970s. Greg is its short form.

Gematria

Greg = 206

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

• גthe letter Gimel3
• רthe letter Resh200
• גthe letter Gimel3
• Total206

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter Gimel

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 ג to ג: we then take the closest letter by sound, here from ג to ק.

גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹרְטִים פָּנַי לֹא הִסְתַּרְתִּי מִכְּלִמּוֹת וָרֹק׃

“I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.”

Isaiah 50:6

The book of your first name

Greg, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Greg in three answers

How do you write Greg in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Greg is written גרג. Greg is short for Gregory.

What is the gematria value of Greg?
Written גרג, Greg is worth 206: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Gimel (3).

What does Greg mean?
Watchful (origin: Greek). Gregory comes from the Greek Gregorios, from gregorein, "to be watchful, awake". It has been used in every European language for centuries and was popular in America in the 1960s and 1970s. Greg is its short form.