First names in Hebrew

First name Hananiah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חנניה

Gematria value: 123

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Hananiah is written חנניה

Hananiah is the English form of Chananya, חנניה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Hananiah mean?

Meaning: "God has shown grace"
Origin: Hebrew

Hananiah, or Chananya, is a Hebrew name from the Bible. It is made of the verb chanan, "to show grace", and a short form of the divine Name: "God has shown grace". It is the name of a companion of Daniel and of several masters of the Mishnah.

Gematria

Hananiah = 123

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. חנניה has 5 letters:

• חthe letter Chet8
• נthe letter Nun50
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total123

The verse of the name

From the letter Chet 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 Hananiah, from ח to ה:

חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה׃

“Train a child according to his own way; even when he grows old, he will not turn from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

The book of your first name

Hananiah, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Hananiah in three answers

How do you write Hananiah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Hananiah is written חנניה. Hananiah is the English form of Chananya, חנניה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Hananiah?
Written חנניה, Hananiah is worth 123: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Hananiah mean?
God has shown grace (origin: Hebrew). Hananiah, or Chananya, is a Hebrew name from the Bible. It is made of the verb chanan, "to show grace", and a short form of the divine Name: "God has shown grace". It is the name of a companion of Daniel and of several masters of the Mishnah.