First names in Hebrew

First name Hnina: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חנינה

Gematria value: 123

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Hnina is written חנינה

Meaning and origin

What does Hnina mean?

Meaning: "tender, full of tenderness"
Origin: Judeo-Arabic

Hnina is a woman's name of the Jews of Morocco. It comes from the Arabic hanina, "tender, affectionate, full of compassion", from the root ch-n-n. Hebrew has the same root: chen, "grace", and chaninah, "favor, clemency".

Gematria

Hnina = 123

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

• חthe letter Chet8
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• נthe letter Nun50
• 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 Hnina, 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

Hnina, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Hnina in three answers

How do you write Hnina in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Hnina is written חנינה.

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

What does Hnina mean?
Tender, full of tenderness (origin: Judeo-Arabic). Hnina is a woman's name of the Jews of Morocco. It comes from the Arabic hanina, "tender, affectionate, full of compassion", from the root ch-n-n. Hebrew has the same root: chen, "grace", and chaninah, "favor, clemency".